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The island’s known cases of Covid-19 have risen to 238, with 200 people found positive for the virus out of the latest 3,973 test results.
The figures yield an overall test positivity of 5 per cent.
Health officials said six people were being treated...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, Ernest Peets, recently visited Smith’s Island, in St George’s, where archaeologists have been uncovering remnants of the possible first capital of Bermuda.
Michael Jarvis and his team of students from the Un...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A “stop work” order has been placed on a controversial project to clear an area of Harrington Sound Road that was once protected as coastal reserve.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed that the “stop work” order was signed at the S...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Work from Bermuda programme launched two years ago yesterday has brought more than $28 million into the island, the Ministry of Economy and Labour announced.
A spokesman said that the Government had taken in 1,315 applications, with 1,127 approve...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 97-year-old woman who taught for almost 40 years will become one of the first Bermudians to receive an honorary doctorate of education from a Seventh-day Adventist university.
Edith van Lowe, who spent most of her career teaching at the Bermuda Ins...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An historical pact in which the south of St David’s Island was sacrificed for the rest of Bermuda’s benefit is to be commemorated this month at the East End.
A memorial overlooking Annie’s Bay will stand as tribute to a lost way of life destroyed mor...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Waiting times of up to 20 weeks to process Bermudian passports will not be reduced until the end of this month when new staff will be in place, the Ministry of Economy and Labour has said.
The ministry said at the beginning of last month that it wou...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An outreach survey has been launched by the Bermuda Police Service to help to “shape and focus” how it deals with domestic abuse.
People are being urged to tell of their experiences to enable officers to better handle the situation in a more “empathe...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda has contributed more than half a million dollars to an appeal for war-torn Ukraine, with the insurance firm Aon (Bermuda) pitching in with $21,150.
The Bermuda Red Cross Ukraine Appeal has taken in $543,000 since the country was invaded by Ru...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A proposal for the redevelopment of the derelict Admiralty House Ballroom has been chosen, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The Ministry of Public Works confirmed yesterday that it received several expressions of interest to refurbish the Pembroke build...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson