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More school classes may need to be taught remotely as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to sweep across the island, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt was speaking after schools failed to reopen last Wednesday as planned — and the...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A yacht docking area in the East End will be improved if an application for renovation work is backed by planners.
A planning application said fencing would be put up on Ordnance Island and Market Wharf in St George to separate the dock from public a...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 58-year-old man has been arrested after a stabbing in St David’s.
A police spokeswoman said that shortly before 7.30pm on Sunday a 56-year-old man went to Southside Police Station to report that he had been stabbed near the scrapyard in the Southsi...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A team of Bermudian runners is to brave temperatures as low as minus 20F in an Antarctic marathon to raise cash for charity.
Anna Laura Hocking, Philip Martin, Andy McComb and Mark Harris — the Bermuda Penguins — will leave next Thursday to take part...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Financial assistance and the protection of families were some of the accomplishments claimed by the labour minister in a review of last year released today.
Jason Hayward said that the “major wins” came about last year despite the problems caused by...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Schoolchildren with their sights set on higher education can now apply for this year’s round of scholarship applications, the Ministry of Education announced today.
Tinée Furbert, the acting education minister, said: “Going off to college or universi...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Cuisine Bermuda-style will be highlighted throughout a four-week restaurant food festival scheduled to start this week.
Bermuda Restaurant Weeks, organised by the Bermuda Tourism Authority, will feature more than 25 restaurants across the island.
Tas...
DATE: Jan 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s active cases of Covid-19 have climbed to 1,604 — the second highest level recorded since the pandemic hit the island almost two years ago.
There were 689 positive cases from 7,125 tests carried out from last Tuesday to Thursday.
Tuesday’...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier yesterday apologised for delays in coronavirus testing that were branded “chaotic” by the Opposition.
David Burt admitted there had a been a “difference of opinion” with Carika Weldon, the scientist in charge of the test system, as he def...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A woman walked free from court after a Supreme Court judge ruled that two convictions for possession of cannabis with intent to supply were unsafe.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams said the same magistrate should not have presided over the two case...
DATE: Jan 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell