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A middle school and two companies have closed their doors temporarily after staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
A private school has also closed for a period after a potential exposure to the bug.
The Government also announced that all...
DATE: Nov 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A proposed education authority must be free from government influence, a newly appointed independent senator said yesterday.
Speaking during the Senate debate on the Throne Speech, John Wight said: “I am pleased to see the creation of an education a...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An Opposition senator questioned how many Bermuda College students on government scholarships had graduated.
Marcus Jones, the Opposition Senate Leader, yesterday quizzed Owen Darrell, senator and Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, Education, an...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 80-year-old woman too frail to queue for a coronavirus test called the Covid-19 hotline more than 50 times to reschedule her four-day test without getting through, she said yesterday.
The senior, who asked not to be named, returned to Bermuda from ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The grandchildren of a woman who sold land to the Government under a compulsory purchase order to create the playing field of Francis Patton School said she lost access to other land as a result.
Charles and Carol Clarke, a brother and sister, were ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Communications glitches have hit the Bermuda Weather Service’s ability to deliver radar images, its director said yesterday.
Mark Guishard said connection problems on its network had affected the updating of weather information, including Doppler we...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The MarketPlace Christmas parade is to go ahead this year – but with changes to protect against Covid-19.
Seth Stutzman, the president of The MarketPlace Group, said the company was determined that the parade would be held.
He added: “The MarketPlac...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A conservationist said he aimed to combat the Atlantic invasion of lionfish with an extension of his fishing tournament to the Caribbean.
Weldon Wade, the founder of ocean conservation organisation Guardians of the Reef, added he already had a Jamaic...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
New treatment courts are planned to help keep people out of prison and instead treat their problems, the island’s senior magistrate has revealed.
Juan Wolffe said that discussions to develop juvenile mental health, family health and sex offenders’ tr...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two new coronavirus cases were confirmed today.
The Ministry of Health said that both are residents – one symptomatic and one asymptomatic – with no history of travel.
One of the positive cases has a close contact that is associated with a school who...
DATE: Nov 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan