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Legislation designed to keep better tabs on the pharmaceutical sector was today backed by the Senate.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Amendment Act 2022 will bolster the Bermuda Pharmacy Council with the appointment of a member qualified in legal and ethic...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police have warned members of the public not to circulate a video of students involved in a fight.
The video shows several students in CedarBridge Academy uniforms engaged in unruly behaviour in a classroom.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Servi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Regulations for quarantine of Covid-19 contacts in schools have been changed, the education minister revealed yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said in a letter to senior education staff that vaccinated people who tested positive for the coronavirus would hav...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A final call has been made for people to fill “critically important” positions on the island’s Human Rights Tribunal.
The Selection and Appointment Committee for Human Rights wants applications from people prepared to rule on discrimination complaint...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Submission rates for Covid-19 antigen testing remain at only 57 per cent for students and 50 per cent for staff in public schools, the Ministry of Education has said.
The ministry urged parents and staff to take up the testing to increase these figu...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Senior Bermuda detectives have completed a two-week investigative training course in the British Virgin Islands.
A police spokesman said the programme was “part of a BPS initiative aimed at continuous development of investigators”.
Detective Chief I...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Tourism bosses have admitted that St George needed better transport links to capitalise on the visitor trade.
Charles Jeffers II, the chief executive of the BTA, said the organisation recognised the “critical importance” of the Olde Towne to the isla...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A $1 million boost to start upgrading the island’s CCTV network was announced in the Budget.
David Burt, the Premier and finance minister, said the cash would be used to start “the installation of the new island-wide CCTV system that was promised in ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Workers at the Fairmont Southampton will get increased wages because of a new collective bargaining agreement highlighted in the Budget statement.
But the hotel may initiate layoffs if occupancy falls below 85 per cent compared with the 75 per cent t...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Tickets for a raffle to raise funds for primary schools are on sale, the organisers said.
Pembroke Rotary Club hopes the virtual Children’s Fair Raffle event, with the draw held on March 12, will top the previous year’s take.
The club donated more th...
DATE: Feb 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan