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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
Senior managers at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital say they are prepared for a surge in Covid-19 cases - after 18 patients were admitted over the weekend.
And the Bermuda Hospitals Board last night urged families to “take their loved ones home for...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A popular Pembroke bakery where armed robbers struck on the eve of Good Friday stood strong over the Easter weekend.
Owners of the Cake Shop on Curving Avenue shared via social media that they would be open for business on Saturday regardless, adding...
DATE: Apr 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A threatening video aimed at members of the public, including police officers, is under investigation.
A police spokesman said the clip, circulating on social media, was being treated “seriously” and advised anyone receiving the video to delete it in...
DATE: Apr 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Demands for an annual general meeting of the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association must be shelved until the coronavirus pandemic passes, the group’s president insisted this week.
David Frost spoke after a February 1 letter from “concerned members of th...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Charles H Jeffers II has been appointed chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, effective tomorrow.
Mr Jeffers, a 26-year tourism veteran, was hired after a global search to fill the role after Kevin Dallas stepped down as CEO in February 2...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of surgeries have been called off over the past year because of a shortage of beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Fifty-four elective procedures had to be postponed from April 2020 through this month, some shortly before they were sch...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Interactive sessions designed to take youngsters on virtual sea voyages will be offered next week by the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
The 40-minute online presentations will guide children aged 5 to 13 through different aspects of ocean ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 22-year-old Pembroke man was shot “multiple times” in a daylight attack in the heart of St George’s that police are treating as gang related.
The victim, who had been working on a trenching job on York Street, was shot at 2.45pm yesterday across fr...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell