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Extra private bus routes for schools were added on Monday to bail out the public bus system, the Bermuda Minibus Association said yesterday.
Russ Ford, the spokesman for the association, said the group was contacted an hour before the end of school o...
DATE: Jan 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 10,000 people have registered their interest in vaccination against the coronavirus, the health minister revealed last night.
White people outnumbered Black people in getting vaccinated, with 5,430 White, 1,534 Black, 889 mixed race and 2,...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s second vaccination centre opened yesterday morning at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s former emergency room.
The new centre, which had 150 appointments scheduled yesterday, can provide up to 200 vaccinations a day.
It will boost ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of jobs including two top casino positions has been advertised for the new St Regis resort.
The Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission said the St George’s hotel, scheduled to open on April 1, is leading the training of casino staff.
A BCGC spokes...
DATE: Jan 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island is still at the drawing board over the use of its network of roadside cameras to catch speeders and dangerous drivers.
Renée Ming, the national security minister, said the CCTV surveillance network was under review “in terms of the package...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A move by the safety campaigners to insist electric bicycles are licensed would make the island’s roads more dangerous, one of the island’s main dealers claimed yesterday.
Michael Paynter, the owner and operator of Pedego Bermuda in St George’s, said...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary captain of a disaster relief ship that delivered life-saving hurricane aid to the Caribbean has died.
Rob Anders was 49.
Captain Anders, who skippered RFA Mounts Bay over a three-year deployment to the Caribbean, was appoin...
DATE: Jan 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drivers were tonight to avoid the area of Barker’s Hill on North Shore in Devonshire, where the roads are blocked after a crash.
A police spokesman said at about 7pm there had been a single vehicle collision on North Shore Road near the roundabout.
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “consummate hotelier” and former president of the Bermuda Hotel Association has died.
David Boyd was 76.
Mr Boyd was president and manager of the Sonesta Beach Hotel in Southampton from 1989 to 1996, when he stepped down for health reasons.
Mr Boyd...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Covid-19 status has been upgraded from “clusters of cases” to “sporadic cases” by the Pan American Health Organisation, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the change was “good news for Bermuda and represents t...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell