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Bermudians are being urged to support an appeal to help people in St Vincent where a volcanic eruption has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents.
The West Indian Association for St Vincent and the Grenadines (WIA), said plumes of ash from ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government made “significant investments” to allow civil servants to work from home, the Premier said yesterday.
However no decision has yet been made about keeping Government employees at home to work as a cost-cutting measure.
In a wide-ranging...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Restaurant owners warned yesterday the pandemic-hit industry is now “hanging by a thread”.
Now members of the trade have banded together in a bid to stave off the threat of closures.
The move came in the wake of an indoors dining ban until June 24 ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Thousands of people had signed a petition by last night to ask the Government not to impose travel restrictions on unvaccinated residents.
But David Burt, the Premier, insisted the country would stay on course to keep the island safe from the coronav...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new executive director will take the helm at the Women's Resource Centre this weekend.
Tina Laws will take over from Elaine Butterfield at the women’s rights and advocacy charity in Hamilton on Saturday.
Ms Laws said: “I am encouraged and confident...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A police officer who took legal action after he was passed over for promotion three years ago yesterday had his case dismissed by the Supreme Court.
A plea by Detective Sergeant David Bhagwan for the court to quash a decision by the 2018 sergeant to ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Covid-19 vaccination drive has been given a booster shot of $25,000 from a hotel owners’ group.
Stephen Todd, the chief executive of the Bermuda Hotel Association, said that the sooner “herd immunity” could be reached, the sooner the island’s ho...
DATE: Apr 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Westgate inmate has spent almost a month on lockdown because of a row over Covid-19 tests, his family has claimed.
His mother said the prisoner, who is asthmatic with narrow nasal passages, had reacted badly to the PCR test for the coronavirus a ye...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s national bird continues to set records after scientists reported a new high number of 142 established breeding pairs, up from 135 pairs in 2020.
The number of Cahow pairs on the nature reserve of Nonsuch Island has increased to 27 this yea...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Easter camps were grounded this month due to Covid-19 – but youngsters got a virtual voyage at sea.
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute presented the free presentations from April 5 to April 9 which took on children, some as far away as Sout...
DATE: Apr 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell