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Active cases of Covid-19 have continued to climb, up to 1,953 from the 1,882 announced five days ago.
There are now 13 people in hospital with the coronavirus, two of them in intensive care, as well as a new record for active infections.
There were t...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “systemic breakdown” in the healthcare system that allowed some people to slip through the cracks has to be tackled, activists said yesterday.
Friends of Milton Ming – a Bermudian chef who died days after he was flown overseas for treatment – s...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police had a narrow escape just before the start of curfew this morning when a driver clocked at 103km/h – or 64mph – just missed three officers at a traffic stop.
The driver failed to stop for police at a stop in Warwick at 12.25am, five minutes bef...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Travellers en route to the US will be able to get coronavirus tests at doctors’ and dental surgeries, it was revealed today.
The Bermuda Health Council said options for people to obtain fit-to-fly certificates would be expanded after an “unprecedente...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man convicted of a 2011 murder will have his case heard by the Privy Council in London next month.
Devon Hewey and Jay Dill were sentenced to life in prison in 2013 after they were found guilty by a unanimous verdict of the killing of footballer Ra...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Children aged 12 and up are now eligible for booster shots against Covid-19, the Government announced last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, revealed the booster jab could go to children who received their second dose of the vaccine six month a...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Business leaders have backed quarantine policy changes for people who are close contacts of infected people.
Karl Massam, the head of the Chamber of Commerce’s restaurant division and general manager of the Yellowfin restaurant group, said yesterday ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A major crowdfunding website has rejected a bid by campaigners opposed to the Government’s Covid-19 vaccination programme to use it to raise cash.
The Bermuda Freedom Alliance linked up with the GoFundMe platform last year to raise cash to record int...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police have arrested a 31-year-old man after a drone carrying drugs was intercepted by staff at Westgate prison.
A police spokesman said the police drugs unit and tactical support division were called in after the aerial drone “breached the perimeter...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A historic park once brought back fond memories of her childhood to Germaine Trott.
But the Spanish Point resident said the run-down state of Admiralty House Park in Pembroke now reduced her to tears.
Ms Trott, 83, who has lived in the area her entir...
DATE: Jan 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson