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A veteran with a love of stage comedy who was decorated for injuries in the line of duty has died at 90.
Originally from Wales, Don Jolliffe moved to Bermuda in 1961.
His skills as an engineer and plumber, which found him a host of jobs in the Royal ...
DATE: Apr 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s private schools have announced the cancellation of this year’s IGCSE and International Baccalaureate exams in the face of ongoing restrictions against Covid-19.
Public schools earlier this month had the Cambridge Checkpoint exams called ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The developer of a luxury South Shore hotel has thrown his support behind the suspension of construction under health restrictions last week.
Construction at the Azura resort came to a halt a week ago under the stay-at-home order to contain the prese...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt, the Premier, was tonight accused by the Opposition of stoking “real tension in the community” over perceptions of unequal treatment during the coronavirus pandemic.
Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, called for “fairness and ac...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A leading lab in the island’s battle against Covid-19 marked its one-year anniversary today.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Government Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory said its first year had been “a roller coaster”.
Its director, Carika Weldon, arrived ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Faith Burgess-Clarke 1929-2021
Bermuda’s first chiropractor who “broke barriers” as a Black woman in the field has died at 92.
Faith Burgess-Clarke also served in the Adult Education Society and the Professional Women’s Club.
Deeply religious an...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier, David Burt, last night refused to state who signed off on an order enabling work to continue at the St Regis hotel during the stay-at-home order.
The exemption, approved by the Ministry of National Security after the stay-at-home order c...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A stay-at-home exemption for construction to continue at a St George’s resort was last night dubbed as double standards by the One Bermuda Alliance.
Work was permitted to continue at the St Regis resort for two days this week during the stay-at-home...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has pledged $50,000 in aid to St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, where a volcano continues to erupt on the main island, forcing about 20,000 to evacuate.
The La Soufrière volcano, to the north of St Vincent, started to erupt last...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A special exemption for the construction of a St George’s resort to continue during lockdown has been scrapped after two days, the developers said last night.
Construction bosses had queried why work at the St Regis was being allowed to carry on when...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell