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The buy-up of two medical practices by an insurance firm has been branded a “huge conflict” by the chairman of a healthcare pressure group.
Mark Selley, the chairman of the Bermuda Healthcare Advisory Group, said that little information had been made...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A virtual therapy programme for young people set up in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis could become a permanent fixture, its creators have said.
Solstice, a psychological and psychiatric treatment centre, developed the Zoom-based Connect Virtual prog...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
No new cases of Covid-19 were reported today.
A total of 498 test results were received by the Ministry of Health and all were negative.
Bermuda has 150 total confirmed positive cases — four are active under active public health monitoring. None are...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Middle school pupils will grow and sell vegetables as part of a new indoor farming project.
Sandys Secondary Middle School has introduced an aquaponics programme — a combination of fish and plant production using aquaculture and hydroponics — to its ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The owner of a house suffered minor burns tonight after a fire broke out at their home.
Firefighters tackled the blaze at the house, on Derwent Lane, Devonshire, at about 6.20pm.
They found smoke and flames coming from one side of the single storey h...
DATE: Jul 12, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A girl’s journey finding peace after suffering childhood abuse is the subject of a new book by a Bermudian author.
Her Seventh Summer by Chanika Jones is based on true events and is due for release on July 31.
Ms Jones told The Royal Gazette: “This...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A major oil shipping company has donated $10,000 to support community organisations over the Covid-19 pandemic.
The donations from Teekay Bermuda Funds went to three organisations.
The Centre Against Abuse got $5,000 and Age Concern and the Bermuda ...
DATE: Jul 08, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police today reminded the public about limits on the size of public gatherings after reports of events that attracted crowds of more than the permitted 50 people.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said: “We have now entered Phase 4 of th...
DATE: Jul 07, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Changes to the social studies curriculum in public schools were designed to make sure it was “grounded in a Bermudian context”, the education minister told the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain highlighted work to focus on black history in schools. “I...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A meeting with hotel employees and employers to discuss the future of industry in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis is to be held, the labour minister announced.
Jason Hayward said the meeting would be the first for the national tripartite social dialo...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan