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The public was yesterday warned to prepare themselves for the possibility of storms as the hurricane season starts today.
The Bermuda Weather Service launched its annual Hurricane Preparedness Week in a bid to minimise the risk from major storms.
The...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s courts will expand services this week as Covid-19 restrictions are gradually lifted.
Alexandra Wheatley, the Supreme Court Registrar, said in a circular dated May 27 that criminal record checks would resume yesterday and Supreme Court jury ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dozens of young Bermudians were among those who contracted Covid-19 during the latest surge of infections.
Dy-Juan DeRoza, the National Epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health, said that 67 cases involving children aged between 12 and 15 had been r...
DATE: May 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A policy to allow group business to return to Bermuda is close to completion, the Premier has said.
David Burt added that the Government would work to bring group business back to bolster the tourism industry.
Mr Burt said that the Government had fin...
DATE: May 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Corals that survive bleaching produce offspring that are better suited to deal with the threat, according to research conducted in Bermuda.
The multiyear study began at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) in 2017, but the results were only...
DATE: May 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online petition has been launched to ask for the resignation of the Premier over alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations.
The change.org petition, posted under the name Agnes Butterfield, alleged that David Burt had breached SafeKey rules at the ...
DATE: May 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A surgeon has lost a bid to quash a $172,000 judgment against him over botched breast surgery that left a woman depressed and disfigured.
The patient was later able to get corrective surgery, but said the failed operation had contributed to the end o...
DATE: May 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Leader of the Opposition today appealed to the public to celebrate their rich culture as the country prepared to celebrate tomorrow’s Bermuda Day holiday.
Cole Simons said this year’s celebration would be different because of the Covid-19 pandemi...
DATE: May 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has thanked Bermuda for its donation of 9,000 Covid-19 vaccines, delivered to the Caribbean nation by private jet this week.
Keith Rowley voiced his gratitude to the Government and the people of Bermuda for ...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three people were dealt fines in Magistrates’ Court this morning after they admitted breaching Covid-19 curfews.
The court heard Lauriena Rose, 38, was stopped on by police as she rode a motorcycle along Crow Lane at 12.35am on January 10.
The Paget ...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes