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Author Florenz Webbe Maxwell has been congratulated after her book was listed as “a must read” in Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine.
As reported by The Royal Gazette this week, Winfrey, American media mogul and philanthropist, highlighted Mrs Maxwell’s Gir...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Rest home residents will be first in line to get the Covid-19 vaccine after a consignment from the UK arrives today.
A team of medics will visit rest homes across the island from Monday to administer the drug to people who want the jab.
The team will...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A former manager of the Bermuda News Bureau known for his meticulous attention to detail has died.
William Breisky, 92, also a former editor for the Cape Cod Times, died on New Year's Day from complications related to Covid-19.
He moved to Bermuda i...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The first Covid-19 vaccinations will be administered next Monday after a successful dry run to test the system.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “I am pleased with how the exercise was conducted.
“As with any trial run, minor adjustments we...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Road Safety Council is urging the motoring public to take the utmost care while driving in the wake of the first road fatality of 2021.
A spokeswoman for the council offered condolences to the family of 28-year-old Oronde Wilson Jr who ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An adoption programme has helped a dolphinarium to weather the Covid-19 storm, its general manager has revealed.
Christine Mihelcic said Dolphin Quest’s “Adopt a Dolphin” scheme, introduced about a month ago, had brought a welcome boost.
She added: “...
DATE: Jan 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Private school pupils will go back to their classrooms for the start of the new term, it was announced yesterday.
But public schoolchildren will be learning at home from today until at least January 12.
Pupils at Mount Saint Agnes Academy were back ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A baby mako shark was spotted just a few feet from shore twice last week.
Melissa Ray said she spotted the shark as she walked near near the flagpole flagpole on Front Street at about 5pm last Monday.
She added: “At first I thought it was a stick, or...
DATE: Jan 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Free Democratic Movement may have been out of the spotlight since its election defeat but it is gearing up to address the public early in the new year.
This is according to Eugene Dean, a founding member of the island’s third political force who ...
DATE: Jan 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A former senior Anglican priest who was paralysed as a result of a fall in July will not be returning to the island.
Norman Lynas, the former Canon Residentiary at the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton, fell down a set of steps in Bermuda on July 30, a...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan