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Community activist Regina Peniston served hearty Christmas dinners to 160 people in need on Monday - despite Covid-19 related restrictions in place.
The meals, provided by donors, were supposed to have been delivered on Boxing day but poor weather de...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two Bermudian sisters are urging residents to unite in an island-wide, celebration from the comfort and safety of their homes on New Year’s Eve.
Kathi and Harmony DeCouto said that while Covid-19 restrictions have limited the number of people who ca...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Air Canada is to ground its flights to Bermuda for more than a month.
The airline said its Toronto to Bermuda service would be suspended after its January 8 flight until February 12 because of a massive slump in business caused by the coronavirus.
A ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
School closures could be avoided if they were allowed to apply for charter school status and get the right to government grants, an education campaigner has said.
Becky Ausenda, the executive director of the Bermuda Education Network, an organisatio...
DATE: Dec 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two patients have tested positive for the coronavirus in one of Bermuda Hospitals Board’s “long-term care areas”, it was revealed tonight.
The cases came despite a BHB ban on long-term patients at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and the King Edwa...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
No new cases of Covid-19 were reported today.
There were 1,257 test results received by the Ministry of Health since the last update.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, welcomed the news following the island’s recent outbreak of cases but warned th...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Minister of Education has defended the move to consider closing high-performing primary schools saying that all of Bermuda’s schools should be performing well.
Diallo Rabain was speaking to The Royal Gazette about government’s plans to overhaul t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The PTA president at Port Royal Primary School has expressed shock and disappointment at the news it may be closed.
Port Royal Primary is one of nine primary schools facing closure as part of government proposals to overhaul the public education syst...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Students and staff at Northlands Primary School have been working all month to spread Christmas cheer in the community.
The month began with the release of the song Christmas Time, by the Northlands School Choir, which has been playing frequently on...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island recorded six new cases of coronavirus infection out of 1,000 test results, the health minister said yesterday.
Kim Wilson highlighted that in one weekend in November, three gatherings at two venues caused more than 80 people to get infect...
DATE: Dec 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell