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Bermuda has recorded four more deaths from Covid-19, the Ministry of Health announced last night.
Two of the deaths occurred in September and November, respectively, and are being reported following ongoing death certificate reconciliation.
The othe...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 21-year-old man was last night being treated in hospital after a shooting in Pembroke.
A police spokesman said: “Shortly before 8.30pm, police received a 911 call reporting gun shots heard in the area of Mount Hill Road, Pembroke.
“Police attended ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Ministry of Education yesterday issued a reminder to parents and students to preregister for back-to-school Covid-19 testing.
Negative results must be submitted by January 5 to allow for in-school learning. Results for those testing privately are...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police officers last night confirmed a firearms incident in a residential area.
A spokesman said gunshots were fired in the Deepdale Road area of Pembroke just after 10pm.
Armed response units and officers from the forensic support unit sealed off th...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier and a civilian suffered serious facial injuries after their motorbikes were in collision in the West End last night.
Police said a man leaving the RBR Coast Guard headquarters in Sandys and a man on a motorcycle trave...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Broadcasting Company’s TV channels were knocked off the airwaves on Monday and yesterday.
Patrick Singleton, the BBC’s chief executive, said the firm’s ZBM and ZFB channels were down from last night until about 2pm.
He added: “One of the ...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than $35,000 was raised in the annual MOvember men’s health fundraiser.
Twenty-two participants, competing as individuals and teams, grew moustaches and held fundraisers for the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre event, which far exceeded its tar...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An island photographer has opened a solo exhibition online sparked by her experiences over the Covid-19 pandemic.
Island Rock Fever, created by Meredith Andrews, includes nine “provocative” photographs.
Ms Andrews said: “Being detached on a remot...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Church leaders and human rights activists yesterday paid tribute to South African churchman Desmond Tutu, a Nobel peace prize-winning anti-apartheid activist.
The retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town died last Sunday in a nursing home in the cit...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Christmas Day rescue mission was launched by Marine and Ports staff after a freighter lost power hundreds of miles off Bermuda.
Two Department of Marine and Ports Services tug boats were sent to help the 18,321-tonne Suomigracht and helped it dock ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan