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Almost 150 hospital staff are off work due to Covid-19 — with pressure on services mounting as the number of Omicron cases continues to surge.
The announcement came after the Bermuda Police Service announced that 48 of its 400-strong force were absen...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Governor has dropped an inquiry into allegations of gross misconduct against Stephen Corbishley, the former Commissioner of Police, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Rena Lalgie wrote to Pc Robert Butterfield, the police officer whose complaints abou...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A grocery store manager said he nearly jumped out of his skin when he came face to face with a stowaway raccoon in his shipping container.
Chris Smith, a manager at Lindo’s Family Foods, was unloading the container at the Warwick store yesterday lu...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Royal Air Force fighter jets stopped over in Bermuda for fuel and rest on their way to a training exercise in the US.
The Eurofighter Typhoons touched down at the airport on Tuesday night and flew out yesterday to take part in Exercise Red Flag, a tr...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A pig that escaped from its pen and ran free has been returned to its owner.
The heavyweight porker was filmed by several residents who posted the video footage on social media outlets this week.
A government spokeswoman confirmed yesterday that the ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Farmers across the island have been left counting the cost after rampant thefts from their fields during the day as well as under cover of darkness.
Police are investigating a string of thefts and have warned the public to be on guard if approached b...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Police Service has felt the impact of the latest wave of Covid-19 with one in ten staff members off work because of the virus.
Darrin Simons, the Acting Commissioner of Police, said the BPS had risen its Covid threat level to green, indic...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Firefighters said Bermuda was temporarily left without fire coverage yesterday after one fire station was closed and firefighters from the two remaining stations responded to a blaze.
Three fire trucks and eight firefighters quickly extinguished the ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two litigants battling to get a case about the recent Commission of Inquiry heard in the Supreme Court claim the judiciary is in “crisis” because of the lack of an impartial judge to preside over it.
Raymond Davis and Myron Piper wrote an open letter...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is urging the Government not to renew public safety restrictions when they expire next week.
Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of Health, also said that SafeKey and travel authorisation forms should be abolished...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan