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A rifle salute was fired at noon today from the grounds of Government House to commemorate the life of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died yesterday at 99.
The salute by the Royal Bermuda Regiment was attended by Rena Lalgie, the Governo...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today defended officers depicted arresting a man in a video widely circulated on social media after officers responded to reports of a Covid-19 breach.
A police spokesman said roughly 30 people had been found indoors at the premises, in Pembro...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has set a new daily record for positive cases of the coronavirus, with 116 cases found out of 1,634 tests.
The latest result yields a 7.1 per cent positivity rate for the virus.
The surge means there have been 370 new cases in just five da...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police last night blocked off the road near Shelly Bay after a crash that left a motorcyclist with what are believed to be life-threatening injuries.
At about 9pm, a male rider was headed west when a motorcycle collided with a car east near the junct...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Detectives increasingly believe the murder on Tuesday night of a young father on his way home from a card game was a case of mistaken identity.
Jordan Outerbridge, 37, was fatally shot near the junction of Ord Road and Tribe Road No. 2 shortly after ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda now has 753 people under public health monitoring for Covid-19, with 26 people in hospital for the illness – six in intensive care.
There were 71 new cases of coronavirus recorded yesterday out of the 1,587 latest test results, giving a posit...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Caribbean island of St Vincent, where many Bermudians can trace their roots, faces a significant evacuation order as the volcano La Soufrière shows signs of impending eruption.
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, iss...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new charity has been formed to help empower young adult men.
Transitional Community Services is aimed at helping at-risk males aged 18 to 34.
Tiffanne Thomas, the executive director, said local data showed that “disproportionately our young adult m...
DATE: Apr 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A brief summer cruise season with companies homeported in Bermuda stands to bring $40 million in economic impact, the transport minister revealed yesterday.
Lawrence Scott said the announcement that Viking would join Royal Caribbean in launching trip...
DATE: Apr 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
School students could be learning remotely until May, the Education Minister said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the closing of public and private schools to in-house learning from Monday was done on the advice of the Educati...
DATE: Apr 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell