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The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed two more lives, it was revealed last night.
The grim news brought the death toll of the coronavirus up to 106.
There are 57 active cases of the coronavirus, with none of them in hospital, one in intensive care.
A tot...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Covid-19 booster shots will be give to people aged 50 or over and those with chronic health problems from today.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said boosters were already available for emergency and healthcare workers, along with people aged ove...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will not start Covid-19 vaccines for children aged under 11 until the Government gets the green light from the UK, it was revealed last night.
Ayo Oyinloye, the chief medical officer, said that the US Food and Drug Administration had authoris...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A magistrate was right to convict a man of the sexual assault of a schoolgirl, a lawyer for the Crown told the Supreme Court yesterday.
The lawyer was speaking after Jamel Simons, 38, who was found guilty earlier this year of forcing himself on a 15-...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Crowds of people last night turned out in a show of support for a bar rocked by a double murder a week ago yesterday.
Dozens of people visited the Robin Hood Pub and restaurant in Hamilton after another bar owner rallied people round.
Rick Olson, who...
DATE: Nov 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Covid-19 death toll rose to 104 yesterday as the Minister of Health announced another three coronavirus-related deaths.
Kim Wilson said that ten new cases were discovered among 6,461 test results since the last update.
Half of the ten were classe...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The 2021 hurricane season has become the third most active on record – although Bermuda has so far been spared.
The Bermuda Weather Service said that, with the formation of Subtropical Storm Wanda far to the island’s east, the season had reached 21 n...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man dubbed “the motorcycle bandit” appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday as prosecutors argued his sentence was too lenient.
Troy Woods, 50, was given a suspended sentence after he was convicted of obtaining money by deception in an incident in D...
DATE: Nov 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are investigating a fight at a Warwick hotel property that involved helmets, a knife and a machete.
A police spokesman said today that shortly after 10pm on October 22, police received reports of about 20 people embroiled in a fight at Azura B...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An educator told the Supreme Court that the Bermuda Union of Teachers had blocked him from running for union office after he sought to raise serious concerns with members.
Leonard Santucci, the BUT representative for the Berkeley Institute, had calle...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes