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Premier’s Question Time is scheduled for today as MPs return to the House of Assembly after the summer break.
David Burt, the Premier, will also deliver a speech on “moving beyond the pandemic” and Kim Wilson, the health minister, will table a fifth ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has started to be hit by the outer bands of wind and rain from Hurricane Larry.
But the storm continued to pass well east of Bermuda as predicted.
A powerful surf churned the South Shore, but winds remained low, although a tropical storm w...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fresh outbreak of Covid-19 is being driven in part by “people going to work with actual symptoms”, the health minister said yesterday afternoon as she “reluctantly” conceded the island was seeing its fourth wave of infections from the virus.
“This ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Doctors revealed last night that a second “satellite” intensive care unit had been opened at the hospital in preparation for a likely surge in Covid-19 cases.
Michael Richmond, the chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said he was “confiden...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A surge in Covid-19 cases has forced the police to ask the public to avoid visits to stations unless “absolutely necessary”.
Exceptions include victims of abuse to make reports or get assistance, and people on bail – who are still required to report ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt, the Premier, defended the Government’s economic recovery plan and countered suggestions the Progressive Labour Party had strayed from its labour roots.
Mr Burt called a spat over the summer with the pro-PLP activist group Move Bermuda “un...
DATE: Sep 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Campaigners have not given up hope of saving an historic school threatened with closure in an overhaul of public education.
Phil Perinchief, a former PLP Attorney-General who attended the West End Primary School, said there was “talk of forming a gr...
DATE: Sep 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The mysterious fate of the vanished Tucker Cross, a tribute to Haiti and a celebration of old-school gadgetry were among the 18 artworks that rose from the sands on Saturday at Horseshoe Bay Beach.
The Bermuda Sandcastle Competition, an annual fixtu...
DATE: Sep 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Saltus Middle and Senior schools will not welcome students back to campus this week after more than 40 staff had potential Covid-19 exposure.
However the school’s Cavendish and Upper Primary departments will open as scheduled.
In a notice sent out ye...
DATE: Sep 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island recorded 125 new positive coronavirus cases in the latest batch of test results, bringing active cases to 290 – a sharp climb from 205 from Tuesday’s figures.
Seven people are in hospital, the Ministry of Health revealed, with one in inte...
DATE: Sep 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell