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An investigation has been launched after the island’s flagship pilot boat St David suffered severe damage after it crashed into a reef.
The smash happened as the boat was underway to the Northeast Breaker Beacon as part of a training exercise.
The cr...
DATE: May 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda has failed to make a “green list” of countries with minimum Covid-19 restrictions for travel to Britain, it was revealed yesterday.
The island is on the “amber list” – which means travellers to the UK will still have to undergo a 10 day quara...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An attack on conspiracy theorists who spread “outright lies” about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis was yesterday launched by an MP.
Christopher Famous, the Progressive Labour Party MP for Devonshire East, said it was “heart wrenching...
DATE: May 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s triathlon star has appealed to the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Flora Duffy, a two-time world champion and Olympian, posted a photograph of herself on social media after she got the first of the double shot Pfizer vaccine.
She...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda High School pupils will return to the classroom next week if the Government moves to Phase 2 of the gradual return to normal life on Sunday as planned.
The news of the Monday return came in a letter from Linda Parker, the head of school, to p...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A conference later this month will mark the launch of Bermuda’s national cultural heritage policy.
The Department of Culture will hold its first Bermuda Cultural Stakeholder Conference on May 16 on Zoom in what is expected to become an annual event.
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DATE: May 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A consultation period on the introduction of specialist signature schools was a success, the education ministry said yesterday.
A spokeswoman added officials were happy with the level of participation – but declined to say how many people had taken p...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Taxi drivers should get the Covid-19 jab because of the high-risk nature of the job, the head of the industry’s trade association said yesterday.
David Frost, the president of the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association, added that a high number of driver...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Prison officials have stonewalled questions on claims that a Westgate inmate has been in isolation for a month after he refused to take a coronavirus PCR nasal test on medical grounds.
The inmate’s mother claimed the man could have been exposed to C...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Schoolchildren could be back at their desks by next Monday, it was revealed yesterday.
Deryn Lavell, the head of school at Saltus Grammar, said in a letter to parents and guardians: “We are currently waiting for Government confirmation for a full ret...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan