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Nasa and the Department of Energy have come together to offer two virtual events for middle and high school students next week.
On Monday morning, Nasa will offer students a virtual tour of its launch facility at Wallops Island in Virginia.
The site ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of active Covid-19 cases remained steady at 11 this week as four new cases were matched by four recoveries.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said all of the new cases were returning residents and classified as imported.
Ms Wilson said t...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance has joined environmental groups in opposition of proposed changes to planning legislation.
The amendments, tabled earlier this month by Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, would remove the need for Special Development...
DATE: Jul 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A local limo service started to turn heads this weekend as their new Tesla Model X electric car hit the road.
Sam Mathews Jr, who runs Piece of the Rock Limo Service with his father, said: “We have had people jump out of their cars to take pictures a...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Government benefit programme for Bermudians left unemployed by Covid-19 will continue to be offered until May 2022, the Government has announced.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said a recent labour force survey had highlighted the impact of...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Economic Investment Certificate scheme has sparked more than $30 million of investment into the island since its inception.
The programme, which opened on March 1, allows foreign nationals to reside in Bermuda for five years provided that they in...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A crackdown on bad drivers by the Bermuda Police Service has resulted in 219 traffic tickets in a week.
Martin Weekes, the Assistant Commissioner of Police said: “With the advent of ‘Operation Vega’ the new Roads Policing Initiative launched one week...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Workers at SAL have returned to work after management and the Bermuda Industrial Union reached an agreement to end a five-day work stoppage.
The union said staff would return to the job – although the outstanding issue of pay for the time the workers...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda National Trust has accused the Government of prioritising the short-term interests of private companies over the environment.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said recently that tabled amendments to the Development and Planning...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The US Government has lowered Bermuda’s Covid-19 status as efforts to control the virus continue.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has shifted Bermuda’s Covid-19 status from Level 2 – moderate level of the virus – to Level 1 – low level...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes