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Renee Ming, the Minister of National Security, today called for the public’s help after a man was fatally shot in Warwick last night.
The victim, a 37-year-old man, was found with a gunshot wound to his chest at around 10.30pm yesterday near the junc...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All schools are to be closed to in-house learning with the move coming into effect from next Monday until April 23, as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus.
The health order moving schools to remote learning will be announced at the 5.30pm...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The year’s first commemorative stamp series have been issued to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of The Garden Club of Bermuda.
From a modest beginning in April 4, 1921, the club has grown into one of the island’s most lasting groups.
The four stamps ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A gale warning has been issued for late tonight by the Bermuda Weather Service.
Drivers were told to use caution on the roads over tonight, when winds from the island’s west could pack storm force gusts after midnight.
Winds are forecast veer northwe...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Twenty-two people were in hospital with Covid last night - with five in intensive care, Government said.
In total Bermuda logged 69 more positive cases of coronavirus after 3,234 tests over the weekend bringing the total number of active cases to 656...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An appeal to help with medical expenses for a teenager left “fighting for his life” after a crash a week ago has raised $60,000 in just two days.
Friends of 16-year-old David Goonewardene, a sports-loving Warwick Academy student, posted online that ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance has criticised the pace of the Government’s updates on Covid-19 after a weekend of “depressing and grim” news on the pandemic.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of Health, offered the Opposition’s sympathy to the families ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The maker of video clip that appeared to threaten the public along with police officers has expressed remorse after getting contacted by the Bermuda Police Service.
A police spokesman said authorities had concluded the comments on the clip, which mad...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A gang-linked daytime shooting near the centre of St George’s last week in which a 22-year-old man was injured prompted a call from the Opposition for ’solutions to break the cycle’.
Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, said the shooting las...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Routine saliva testing for the coronavirus is to be expanded in the island’s public school system, according to Diallo Rabain, the education minister.
Mr Rabain said last night that a pilot school testing programme had found “two positive cases which...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell