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A book by a pioneer antiracism activist is to go online.
The family of the late David Critchley has given permission for his book Shackles of the Past to be offered as a free download on the Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda website.
Mr Critchley...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The death toll from Covid-19 has risen to 32, it was revealed last night.
The grim news came as active Covid-19 cases dropped below 200 for the first time since March.
David Burt, the Premier, offered condolences to the “two who passed away since our...
DATE: May 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of active Covid-19 cases has dropped by almost 700 in less than a month, new figures released last night show.
Latest figures show that there were just six new cases out of 1,229 test results meaning the island now has 208 active cases. A...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s nurses were saluted yesterday in recognition of their life-saving service during the coronavirus pandemic.
International Nurses Week was marked by the Bermuda Nurses Association in a ceremony at City Hall with Kim Wilson, the health minist...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A battery of scientific instruments in a special pod which was lost at sea for two years has been turned over to their owners after it washed up in Bermuda.
The 800lb pod, designed to measure ocean conditions, drifted hundreds of miles from just off ...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Contractors for a new $30 million water system for the East End — under way since last February and expected to finish by the end of this year — were announced yesterday morning.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said mult...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first online conference on culture and heritage remains open for registration.
The summit this Sunday, to be aired live on Zoom at 11am, will launch Bermuda’s National Cultural Heritage Policy.
Speakers for the Bermuda Cultural Stakeholder...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A doctor warned last night that unvaccinated people run the risk of becoming the “vessel in which a Bermuda variant” of Covid-19 is created.
Ramon Arscott, an expert in epidemiology and a plastic surgeon who appeared on a recent Covid-19 “mythbusters...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Geoffrey Elliott 1939-2021
A former Wall Street banker, author and art lover who gifted a treasure trove of paintings and antiquities to Bermuda has died.
Geoffrey Elliott was 82.
Mr Elliott, with Fay, his wife, who died last year, gifted a pric...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A delayed report on the establishment of a minimum wage for the first time will be tabled in the House of Assembly later this month.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, was expected to bring the report, which will also be used in setting a living wag...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell