4761 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Sarah Lagan
A woman was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a collision involving her car and four other vehicles, police said tonight.
No one was injured in the crash at the junction of Burnaby Street and Reid Street in Hamilton, but all five vehicles ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Licensed trade professionals yesterday welcomed the lifeline of loosened Covid-19 restrictions – but warned that more needed to be done to ease the plight of a sector hammered by health precautions.
Philip Barnett, the president of the Island Restau...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A plan designed as an economic lifeline for an economy hammered by the coronavirus pandemic was unveiled in the House of Assembly last night.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the economic recovery plan included 31 priorities to boost medi...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A nursery has defended its decision to impose stricter Covid-19 travel rules than those recommended by the government.
Victoria Cunningham, owner of Bright Beginnings Nursery and Preschool in Pembroke, defended the nursery’s travel policy requiring ...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Reefs, shipwrecks and lighthouses were among the island icons featured in the Heritage Month Mini-Float Challenge.
Yesterday, the Department of Culture announced the winners of the first event of its kind in Bermuda.
There were more than 50 entries f...
DATE: Jun 04, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Entertainment
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man accused of trespass with intent to steal from the Bermuda Society of Arts gallery last month was yesterday remanded in custody.
Junius Caines, 52, will return to Magistrates’ Court next Monday, when he will be offered the chance to enter a ple...
DATE: Jun 03, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Study loans of about $15,000 to trainee teachers to tackle staff shortages in public schools are to be set up, the education minister announced today.
Diallo Rabain said the teacher’s certification bonded loan scheme would help ease the cost burden ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Education
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than 500 thank you cards were today presented to nurses for their work on the Covid-19 front line.
Schoolchildren, businesses and social services agencies worked during May – Nurses’ Month – to create many of the cards, which were handed over by...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermudian serving as a patrolman in a US police force was promoted to heartthrob status after a cheeky social-media message to his sergeant went viral.
Jamere Griffin, 26, born in Bermuda and an officer with the Gulfport Police Department in Miss...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
General
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda has failed victims of domestic abuse, a senator has claimed.
Robin Tucker, an Opposition senator, said more protections were needed for victims and that the island would benefit from a specialist domestic violence court.
Charity leaders backe...
DATE: May 31, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan