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A Bermudian woman is among a group accused of illegally voting in the United States 2016 presidential election.
The charges, announced by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, include Ismay Prudence Kathleen James, 54, of Bermuda, among 12 foreign ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s first child case of Covid-19 was logged yesterday after a ten-year-old tested positive for the coronavirus.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the youngster was one of two positive cases of the illness out of 2,140 test results that h...
DATE: Sep 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A drama teacher will be centre stage for the Bermuda Union of Teachers for the whole of the new school year.
The BUT executive said that Nishanthi Bailey, who teaches at Dellwood Middle School in Pembroke, had become full-time president of the union....
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Thousands of Bermudians left jobless by the Covid-19 pandemic will be targeted in a series of back-to-work programmes, the labour minister has vowed.
Jason Hayward said a three-pronged strategy of unemployment reduction, prevention of future unemploy...
DATE: Sep 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It was the one of the most ferocious storms in the history of the Atlantic hurricane season, and the deadliest natural disaster to strike the Bahamas.
This week marks one year since the onslaught of Hurricane Dorian on the north islands of the Caribb...
DATE: Sep 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman who notched up a century today had a fast answer when she was asked the secret to a long life.
Sylvia Spearing said: “Live every day. Try to be decent and helpful. That’s the only thing we’re put on earth for — to help each other.”
Ms Spearin...
DATE: Sep 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Issa Rae, the star of HBO comedy hit Insecure, has sung Bermuda’s praises on social media after she flew to the island on Wednesday.
She posted videos of the trip on Instagram yesterday, along with Bermuda’s Shiona Turini, the stylist and costume des...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Labour Day march by the Bermuda Industrial Union will go ahead despite the pandemic, it was revealed yesterday.
But strict social-distancing will be enforced for the traditional event on Monday.
The times for the march have also been changed beca...
DATE: Sep 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Several capital projects, from renewable energy to infrastructure, can go ahead thanks to the Government’s raising of $1.35 billion in bonds, Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said yesterday.
A host of capital projects in the 2020-21 Budget unv...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s coronavirus test regime ranks top in the Americas and seventh worldwide per head of population, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister said the island had carried out nearly 46,000 tests during the pandemic.
She was spe...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell