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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
Ground will be broken on a $1 million plus shoreside fish processing plant this year, the Premier said last night.
David Burt told the House of Assembly a $1.07 million grant was included in the budget for the Cabinet Office for the centre at Margina...
DATE: Mar 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police issued a warning today after social media messages highlighted a “paedophile frequenting the Fort Hamilton area” in Pembroke.
The messages included a description of the person.
The spokesman said acts of “vigilante justice – in relation to any...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than one in four people in Bermuda have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine and 16 percent are fully immunised, the health ministry said last night.
The news came as the ministry reported that a single coronavirus infection was de...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The organiser of a rule-breaking party in the Botanical Gardens last weekend has been arrested, police revealed yesterday.
It was also revealed that fixed penalties were in the pipeline to slap violators of Covid-19 health restrictions with on-the-sp...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell