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The under-fire national security minister and the tourism and transport minister were forced last night to quit their jobs after uproar over a weekend party at a plush restaurant that breached Covid-19 regulations.
Wayne Caines, the national security...
DATE: Jul 07, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mayor of Hamilton vowed to go to court yesterday over the Government’s intention to do away with the corporations of Hamilton and St George.
Charles Gosling said the city authority was “not going to take this lying down”.
Mr Gosling threw down th...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Covid-19 crisis made this year a difficult one for the Bermuda Sloop Foundation.
The charity still had cause to cheer at its awards ceremony last night in Dockyard for students who excelled on its training vessel Spirit of Bermuda.
Mechanical iss...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A Warwick restaurant could be shut down after Cabinet ministers were among revellers who failed to adhere to stringent Covid-19 health guidelines at a charity bash.
Short video clips making the rounds on social media showed guests dancing in proximit...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Tracking bracelets used to monitor people quarantined because they contracted Covid-19 are the same type used in Hong Kong, the Premier has revealed.
David Burt explained how the trackers worked at Thursday’s coronavirus briefing — and said he had to...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Blu Bar and Grill issued an apology for a lapse in social distancing filmed at a Friday night fundraiser.
Blu, at Belmont Drive in Warwick, said it would close for two days to train staff in guidelines for protection against the Covid-19 pandemic.
It...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs defended a top Bermudian scientist leading the test programme for the coronavirus after social media posters questioned the island’s run of almost two weeks without a positive result.
The support came after David Burt, the Premier, said he was di...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans to boost African studies in the public school system sparked a discussion on race in the House of Assembly during the motion to adjourn on Friday.
Rolfe Commissiong, a Progressive Labour Party MP, said the move had been agreed in a party caucus...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda welcomed its first scheduled commercial flight for more than three months yesterday.
Karla Aitken collected her daughter, Ashley, 23, who had at last managed to return from college in Denmark — but the joy of homecoming was marred by sadness ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier dismissed “malicious messages” on social media last night that criticised the island’s Covid-19 test laboratories.
David Burt defended the abilities of Carika Weldon, a Bermudian biochemist and researcher at the Oxford Genomics Centre, pa...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell