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Registration will be needed for virtual open house events on public school enrolment after “incidents” at two meetings, the Commissioner of Education said last night.
Kalmar Richards said the move was part of strengthened security rules.
A ministry s...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Farmers handed out free fresh broccoli to the public yesterday.
JaVaughn Dill, of Dill Pickles Farming, said he had taken to Facebook to publicise the produce giveaway, donated to him by Pacheco Farms.
The broccoli was fresh – but would have been pas...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of three new cases of coronavirus have been detected – two classed as on-island transmissions with known contacts.
The third was a resident who flew home on the Air Canada flight last Friday from Toronto, and tested positive on the Day 4 test...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island is mourning a popular barber whose life was lost in a single vehicle collision early on Monday.
O’Dean Phillips, 35, was an up-and-coming stylist at Features Hair & Beauty on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish, where Crawl residents turn...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has reported no locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 for a second day.
There were three imported cases found out of 966 test results, the Ministry of Health announced last night – all among residents returning from overseas.
One arrived last...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The 911 emergency telephone number is now working again.
Police said earlier today that it was temporarily out of service, but it has been prepared.
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island must “do something different” to stop carnage on the roads, an Assistant Commissioner of Police said last night.
Martin Weekes said he planned to discuss new approaches with the Government, as well as Dennis Lister III, the chairman of the...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of five new cases of the coronavirus were reported last night – all among residents returned from the United States.
One case arrived last Wednesday on the Delta flight from Atlanta and tested positive on Day 4.
The rest tested positive on ar...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The annual Restaurant Weeks celebration of Bermudian cuisine kicks off its tenth anniversary this week.
The festival, extended to four weeks from the usual three, starts on Thursday and will run to February 11.
More than 30 restaurants and bars will ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bus cancellations are expected to double this week after negotiations with the Bermuda Minibus Association to provide schools services collapsed.
Roger Todd, the director of the Department of Public Transportation, said that bus cancellations, around...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell