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No additional cases of Covid-19 were identified today despite 744 test results being received.
The total number of recorded cases in Bermuda remains at 156, with only six cases active.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “I encourage everyone t...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An environmental charity has launched a community competition to find a logo for its Adopt-a-Spot programme.
Keep Bermuda Beautiful has called on professional and amateur graphic designers to design a new logo for the programme, which encourages indi...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Burt, the Premier, last night mourned the death of Owen Arthur, a former Prime Minister of Barbados.
Mr Arthur died on Monday at the age of 70.
Mr Burt described Mr Arthur, who led the Caribbean nation between 1994 and 2008, as a “leader of gre...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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More than 800 coronavirus tests that came back yesterday were clear.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that 803 test results showed no new cases.
The total number of confirmed cases remained at 154.
Four cases are active and under public ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Social services agencies will be vital in the aftermath of Covid-19, the new head of Family Centre predicted.
Sandy De Silva, who took over as executive director of the charity this month, said charities and organisations, left with a struggle to sur...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier who saved her wheelchair-bound brother-in-law from a blazing house has won the Hero of the Year from the Kiwanis Club of St George’s.
Latoya Brown-Hayward pulled Omar Hayward -a Paralympian — from their home after she...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ombudsman has logged an increased number of complaints about the island’s prison system.
The office dealt with 263 complaints last year, with 55 of them to do with the Department of Corrections — almost five times more than any other body.
The Be...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Expatriate hotel workers said yesterday they were “heartbroken” to leave the island after more than a decade as they sold off household items.
Staff at the Fairmont Southampton said up to 150 expatriate workers had started to pack their bags as layof...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who led police on a chase through Warwick was fined for possession of cocaine.
Arndell Lightbourne, 42, pleaded guilty to possessing 1.29 grammes of the controlled drug.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police on Middle Road in Warwick noticed Lig...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legal changes to level the playing field in jury selection have won unanimous backing in the House of Assembly.
The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 removed the right for prosecutors to “standby” an unlimited number of potential jurors without r...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes