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The Government has still to decide which primary schools to close as part of its education shake up, the Minister of Education has said.
Diallo Rabain was participating in a Zoom meeting on Monday about government’s plans for primary schools along wi...
DATE: Jul 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Planning renovations at the historic home of Verdmont will benefit from enhancements thanks to a $10,000 donation from The Garden Club of Bermuda.
The donation was made to the Bermuda National Trust museum and gardens as part of the Garden Club’s 10...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A campaigner opposed to mandatory supervised quarantining has again maintained that he did not submit a medical exemption form when he returned from an overseas trip last week.
Antonio Belvedere acknowledged that he did share an exemption letter from...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Mental health benefits and services in Bermuda are not on an equal footing as those dealing with physical health, the Ministry of Health has admitted.
It was responding after Tania Stafford, a former service user at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Instit...
DATE: Jul 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Members of the community are invited to support their Cup Match teams while helping children in need as part of a fundraising drive by the Family Centre.
Thanks to the support of Clarien Bank and Sargasso Sea, the charity sees the return of its Cup...
DATE: Jul 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Reducing Covid-19 restrictions at Bermuda’s borders would be “suicide”, the Premier has asserted.
David Burt also revealed that Gencom, the company behind the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton, had still not raised funding for the project, n...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police will conduct roadside sobriety checkpoints in seven parishes every day for ten days starting on July 23.
The operation marks the longest consecutive running series of checkpoints since their introduction in September of 2018 and includes the ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Technical issues are affecting BTC’s home phone services island-wide.
The Royal Gazette understands that business lines including Belco and The Royal Gazette Ltd. are also affected. Belco posted an advisory to its customers.
A spokesman for BTC...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The City of Hamilton is to almost double its original budget to fund extra police on the beat.
The Extra Duty Police Officer Programme launched in October 2020 with a commitment of $57,000 will now be boosted by a further $54,000 enabling continued h...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Details of this year’s signature Emancipation Celebration event focusing on Bermuda’s cultural ties to Africa were shared in the Senate yesterday.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, said ‘The Resilience of the African Spirit’ the...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan