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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
The ability to detect breast cancer has been boosted with new hi-tech 3D unit and what could be the island’s first automated breast ultrasound unit.
The machines will be installed at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital this month.
A hospital spokes...
DATE: Apr 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teachers have defended taking tomorrow as a half-term break – and fired a broadside at the Department of Education.
The Bermuda Union of Teachers said the Government request to use the holiday to catch up on lessons lost because of the coronavirus cl...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A musical break from the Covid-19 crisis will be live-streamed at the weekend.
Singer Joy T Barnum will take song requests for her 8.30pm virtual performance on Saturday through the Department of Culture’s Facebook and Instagram pages as part of the...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grief-stricken family who lost a loved one to violence was struck another blow when they were evicted from their home this week.
But the family – who suffered a massive loss of income because of the Covid-19 pandemic – were saved further stress aft...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell