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No arrests for drink driving were made at the island’s roadside breath test checkpoints over the Christmas holiday.
The checkpoints, which earlier reported no arrests up to Christmas Eve, went the rest of the way to their final night on Boxing Day wi...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government is to introduce a pilot at-home coronavirus antigen test programme at some schools, The Royal Gazette understands.
A letter said to be from Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education, was sent to “system leaders” after a backlog o...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The appointment of a new Commissioner of Police has likely already been made, sources said yesterday.
One familiar with the recruitment process said an announcement could come soon if a Bermudian has been picked to take over as the head of the servic...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Officials failed to provide an internal review decision inside a statutory time limit after a request for records about appointments made by the Governor, the Information Commissioner found.
But a determination was issued during the course of an inde...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman who suffers from liver poisoning and malnutrition warned the public to be careful over the food they eat.
Mickia Brangman, 33, said it was difficult for Bermudians to eat a good diet because of the expense and easy access to unhealthy food.
S...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Efforts to return the unique BMU code to Bermudian passports are continuing, the British Government has said.
The assurance came almost six years after Britain took over the printing of passports for its Overseas Territories — which caused problems f...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new campaign yesterday appealed to the public to wear blue on Friday to commemorate people who have lost their lives on the roads.
Pain Into Purpose Bermuda and the Kijani Dream Charity, set up by the family of schoolboy Kijani Burgess after he die...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Government may relax quarantine measures imposed to stem a recent surge in coronavirus infections, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health confirmed that the Government was aware that other countries had reduced qua...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Both senior schools will stay shut today, the Government announced last night.
CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute will continue with remote learning amid problems with coronavirus testing of large numbers of staff and pupils across the school...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
When a former model got sick when she was aged 20, she assumed she had picked up a stomach bug after she moved to Spain.
But after 13 years of illness and visits to a string of specialists Mickia Brangman will have to go to the UK for treatment for a...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson