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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
The grandson of the late CV “Jim” Woolridge has been Called to the Bar.
Jonathan Marion, 27, was welcomed into the legal profession as Bermuda’s first new lawyer of 2022.
Mr Marion, who was admitted on Friday, will leave today to complete his legal t...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Gambling watchdogs are in talks with the Government about whether to allow increased use of lotteries.
Jean Major, the chief executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, said the organisation had been approached by several charities and groups ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Phone software may have cut cases of Covid-19 by as much as 20 per cent during the island’s worst outbreak, the company that created the programme has said.
WeHealth, a US-based firm, said that the app, now being used by about 25 per cent of resident...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man was fined $500 yesterday but escaped a ban after he was caught riding his motorcycle at almost three times the speed limit.
O’Dell Grant, 36, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving at 99km/h.
The incident happened on August 17 last yea...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Government last night stayed tight-lipped on how essential services had been affected by the latest wave of coronavirus infections — despite repeated questions from The
Royal Gazette.
Officials were e-mailed a series of questions last week a...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A homeless man who spent three months in custody for two break-ins has been sentenced to time already served.
Kim Knights, 37, was released by Magistrates’ Court after he spent the time on remand while he awaited sentence.
Knights pleaded guilty on O...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Efforts to kick-start the economy through new industries have been questioned by the Opposition.
Senator Marcus Jones, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on economic development, said farmers and fishermen should be drafted in to help set up a vertic...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The trial of a man charged with murder has started in Supreme Court.
Taaj Muhammad, 26, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ronniko Burchall, who was 30, on December 30, 2018.
Mr Muhammad, from St George, also pleaded not guilty to using a firearm to...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan