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Six new coronavirus infections were recorded yesterday, it was revealed last night.
The positive tests were among 758 results that came back to health officials yesterday.
All were classed as on-island transmissions with known contacts.
The latest ca...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cemetery Road next to the Belco power plant will be closed this weekend.
A trench will be dug between the firm’s old and new power stations in Pembroke, on the stretch between Cemetery Lane and the bridge next to Gorham’s hardware store.
No public ac...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The year-long battle against the Covid-19 pandemic was remembered by the health minister yesterday as the island marks the anniversary of the island’s first cases today.
Kim Wilson admitted she was almost overwhelmed in the pandemic’s early stages as...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police broke up a birthday party that breached Covid-19 regulations on Sunday night.
A police spokesman said the organiser, a 40-year-old woman, was reported for prosecution.
The venue, said to be a guest house in the East End, was not identified.
A ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s travel health status was today upgraded for the second time this month by the US Centres for Disease Control.
A spokeswoman for the US Consulate said the island was moved from Level 3 to Level 2 - “Covid-19 moderate“.
Bermuda’s status was s...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two veterans of the civil service who died this month were yesterday honoured by the Bermuda Public Services Union.
Joseph Christopher, 77, was a former Commissioner of Education and education historian, and Kenneth Richardson, a former Cabinet Secre...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pembroke students were yesterday warned “not to wait until the last minute” to apply for the Parish Council’s annual scholarship and grants for study at Bermuda College.
The PPC is now accepting applications, which are limited to high school leavers ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The cost of some medication will be cut after legislation was passed allowing Government to set maximum prices for some commonly used drugs.
On Friday, MPs passed amendments to the Bermuda Health Council Amendment Act which will introduce a national...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An award-winning American expert on bias and racism who moved to Bermuda as a one-year “digital nomad” has offered his insight for the island on race and diversity.
Robert Livingston, a management and public policy lecturer at Harvard University, rel...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A transitional housing programme has been given internet, TV and phone services by an island company.
Staff from Digicel also pitched in to put fresh paint on the Transformational Living Centre for Families, where construction is expected to finish i...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter