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A “therapy in a box” service created to teach people how to take charge of their mental health is to be launched next month.
Adriene Berkeley, a psychologist and neuroscientist, said she had seen a lot of people who were able to conceal their problem...
DATE: Aug 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A senior at the weekend praised the “excellent job” done by trash collectors but pleaded for the public to stick to the correct days for putting out their garbage.
The woman, who asked not to be named, said trash left lying around attracted rats and ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cannabis plants destined for sale on the island’s streets have been seized by police in the East End.
A police spokesman said yesterday that officers found the drugs at an undisclosed location during “an exercise in the eastern parishes”.
He added: “...
DATE: Aug 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Five clusters of Covid-19 outbreaks around the island have been confirmed, the health minister has revealed, calling them “concerning”.
Kim Wilson said the largest cluster numbered about 25 people, adding that it appeared to have come from breaches o...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s number of fully vaccinated people nudged up to 64.4 per cent, with 65.7 per cent of the population getting one jab.
It marks a slight rise from the 64.1 per cent of immunised residents reported last week.
Over the 30 weeks of vaccination on...
DATE: Aug 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An ageing replica of an historic ship is on course to become an attraction designed to tell the story of Bermuda’s early shipbuilding industry.
Colin Campbell, the director of architecture firm OBM, said the revamp of the Deliverance was part of a p...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An annual $5,000 medical scholarship in memory of a top eye doctor has gone to a Bermudian student looking to bring her skills back to the island after qualifying at a top Caribbean medical school.
Deja Tucker, 23, said the Bermuda International Inst...
DATE: Aug 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A campaign group allied to the Progressive Labour Party yesterday hit out at the Government and accused it of ignoring “grass roots, labour and Black Bermudians”.
A letter to the party from the group Move Bermuda earlier this month accused the PLP of...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have warned contractors to secure their gear after reports of tools being stolen from vehicles.
A spokesman advised anyone storing tools in a work vehicle to mark them clearly with a name and address, as tagged items are more difficult to sell...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A crucial report which includes detailed protection plans for two forts affected by the St Regis hotel has not yet been approved, leaving a question mark over St George’s designation as a world heritage site.
The East End’s coveted status from Unesco...
DATE: Aug 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell