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A motorcyclist was arrested at the weekend after a high-speed attempt to evade a police stop ended with a crash that left two people injured.
A police spokesman said the rider was spotted speeding on Front Street, Hamilton, just before midnight Frida...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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Crime
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News Staff
A single case of the coronavirus was reported on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said.
A ministry spokeswoman said the case arrived on Friday’s Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta and was among 774 test results that came back yesterday. The rest wer...
DATE: Aug 10, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
More than 500 coronavirus test results came back clear yesterday, the health ministry said last night.
News of the 501 tests meant that the number of confirmed cases remained at 157.
There are four active cases, all monitored by public health officia...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Health
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News Staff
A rubber duck fundraiser for the island’s hospice is to be replaced with a butterfly hunt this year, the organisers have announced.
Friends of Hospice said the 22-year-old Rubber Duck Derby, held in St George’s Harbour, had been “a much anticipated e...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Other
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News Staff
Pollution levels around the Belco power station are to be monitored by environmental officials after complaints from residents in the area.
The Department of Environmental and Natural Resources said a mobile air-quality monitoring station, bought by ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Government took steps last night to correct an erroneous classification of the island’s Covid-19 risk status by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Government said that the CDC has classified Bermuda’s Covid-19 risk sta...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A series of stamps were launched to mark the 400th anniversary of Bermuda’s Parliament yesterday.
Politicians past and present gathered outside the historic St Peter’s Church, in St George, where the Governor, Nathaniel Butler, convened the first sit...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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Other
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News Staff
The Government has received part repayment from a gambling addict who conned it out of $2 million.
Jeffrey Bevan, a Welsh book-keeper who worked in the Accountant-General’s office between 2011 and 2013, admitted laundering a fortune stolen from the G...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The bus service was due to resume at 11.30am today.
Buses were expected to be down between 10am and 1pm as drivers and management held a meeting over the school service which is due to resume in September.
The Department of Public Transportation anno...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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Other
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News Staff
New medical equipment that doubles the hospital’s oxygen capacity will save lives should Bermuda face a second surge of Covid-19 patients, the hospital’s chief executive said today.
Bermuda Hospitals Board switched on its new oxygenator, and thanked ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff