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Trash collection has been hit by “ongoing delays”, a spokesman for the Department of Works and Engineering advised today.
Collection scheduled for yesterday is to be completed today.
Friday’s waste collection, which had been advertised for today, wil...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of meals were served up for Christmas by a restaurant chain that hopes to make a tradition of helping others in partnership with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Volunteers from Take Five Limited, in conjunction with the Salvation Army, del...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The traditional Boxing Day performances of Gombeys will manage to go ahead this year, with the community able to enjoy the show from a distance.
Thanks to an agreement between the island’s Gombey troupes and the Government, some of the groups will p...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s success with tourism in 2020 in spite of the chill cast by the global Covid-19 pandemic is to be highlighted on a freshly launched network.
The island reopened to air travel in July after a few months’ lockdown and has since managed to host...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A leading scientist for tracking the coronavirus in Bermuda reassured the public yesterday that human error rather than a “glitch” in the testing system had led to some getting sent incorrect results.
Carika Weldon apologised after 24 people were giv...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Smith’s school got a learning boost with a gift of 30 laptops from the Green family, owners of the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club.
The computers, for writing, data analysis and art, were delivered to the Whitney Institute Middle School last week,...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island recorded six new cases of coronavirus infection out of 1,000 test results, the health minister said yesterday.
Kim Wilson highlighted that in one weekend in November, three gatherings at two venues caused more than 80 people to get infect...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of 11 new cases of the coronavirus were identified at the weekend.
The cases were among 1,374 results that came back to health officials on Saturday.
Three cases came in from overseas – one resident and two visitors from the British Airways ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Controversial trade union legislation that sparked a firestorm of opposition from unions will face its final debate in the Senate today.
But Jason Hayward, the labour minister, signalled that unions had softened their stance after they condemned legi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of 19 new cases of the coronavirus were reported yesterday, the health ministry announced.
The infections were found in 1,271 test results returned to health officials.
The news brought the island’s total number of cases to 516.
One case cam...
DATE: Dec 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell