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The Health Insurance Department will not serve customers in person during the week starting today.
The office, which is located at 48 Church Street, Sofia House, 2nd Floor, will provide support for policyholder and provider claims submission and clie...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The first step in the biggest change in decades in Bermuda’s public education system has been approved by MPs.
Senior level “signature schools” required to offer one or more “signature learning programmes” will be introduced under the changes.
Diallo...
DATE: Mar 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier’s Concert tomorrow was cancelled tonight - but it will go ahead on a virtual basis.
The move came after tougher health and safety regulations were introduced in the wake of a jump in coronavirus cases.
It had been planned to have close to...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A hotel was forced to shut some of its bars and restaurants after staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
The move came after some staff at Rosewood Tucker’s Point in the East End, not in customer-facing roles, were found to be infected.
The hotel...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Pupils at a middle school at the centre of a coronavirus alert have all tested clear, the Premier has announced.
David Burt posted the news on Whitney Institute Middle School in Smith’s on twitter.
He wrote: “There is a lot going on in #Bermuda, espe...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firefighters tackled a blazing truck in the early hours of Saturday.
The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service responded to a report of a fire at 4.53am on Parsons Road and St Augustine Road in Pembroke.
A fire crew found a light truck “fully involved i...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The organisers of a “cutting edge” sailing race said they were working closely with the Government to set up a “comprehensive Covid-safe plan” for the event.
A race spokeswoman added: “SailGP's priorities are to keep staff, athletes, and members of ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A drive to promote the island as a safe wedding destination is to be launched.
David Burt, the Premier, said that a task force drawn from the ministries of health and national security and the Bermuda Tourism Authority had drawn up a plan which would...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The health minister has said she has “grave concerns” about the financial impact of Covid-19 on the healthcare system.
Kim Wilson warned that there was a risk that the Bermuda Hospitals Board would “not be able to sustain its existing service nor und...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Progressive Labour Party backbencher championed women and seniors in her maiden speech in the House of Assembly.
Ianthia Simmons-Wade, the MP for Warwick North East, said she was speaking not only in her political role but as her role as a “black s...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan