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The Minister of Health has urged members of the community to get their Covid-19 booster jab as soon as possible in order to stay safe over the Christmas period.
Kim Wilson said: “If you want to stay safe over the Christmas holidays, now is the time ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The replacement of paper with online transactions at the Department of Immigration was slowed by the impact of Covid-19 as well as by old equipment, the labour minister said Friday.
But Jason Hayward told the House of Assembly that the department had...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A commencement ceremony was held for the latest student cohort of a maritime career programme.
The Endeavour Maritime Springboard Programme, which runs in partnership with the Bermuda College’s Professional and Career Education division (Pace), cele...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Mike Sharpe has left “big shoes behind on the track” the Senate heard as the Upper House paid tribute to the Olympian and veteran broadcaster.
Senators praised Mr Sharpe for his contribution to Bermuda following the announcement of his death, aged 65...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A 15-year-old girl who went missing has returned “safe and well”, police announced.
The Bermuda Police Service had been trying to locate Saphire Wainwright who was last seen around 11.15am on Saturday in the Middle Road, Smith’s area.
A spokesperson ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermudians will have to wait until next year’s Budget to see if changes to tariff regulations will have financial implications, the Senate was told yesterday.
Adrianna Hodgson, junior finance minister, said amendments to laws bringing the island into...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A scientist’s hunch nine months ago put the island’s Covid-19 test programme ahead of the curve in quickly tracking the Omicron variant of the virus.
The new strain was second-guessed earlier this year by Bermudian geneticist Carika Weldon of the Mol...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An application for a judicial review into the legitimacy of a Commission of Inquiry into land grabs could not be heard – because the island’s civil court judges were conflicted.
Raymond Davis, also known as Khalid Wasi, said the failure to find an i...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police expect to pass a file to prosecutors early next year into the disappearance of a taxpayer-funded $800,000 loan to an American music promoter and his Bermudian employee.
The cash was lent in April 2018 to Anthony Blakey and Danilee Trott, who o...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Residents in St George’s have called for action over a foul stench from the Ferry Reach oil dock.
One resident, who asked not to be named, said the smell had forced him to stay indoors and shut all the windows.
He added: “When it first starts, the st...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes