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A short-lived blaze broke out yesterday at a building on Church Street, prompting several businesses to evacuate – including a neighbouring department store.
Smoke billowing from windows at the Pickle Barrel Building at 26 Church Street was reported ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermuda-bound cruise ship was struck by a fishing boat early Saturday morning off the coast of Massachusetts.
According to the US Coast Guard, the Norwegian Pearl was about 41 miles east of Nantucket at about 2.35am that day when it collided the 92...
DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s top health official foresees a surge of Covid-19 in the wake of the Cup Match weekend that brought spectators and revellers together in their thousands.
Ayo Oyinloye, the chief medical officer, told The Royal Gazette “the past is an indi...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Managing funds at the island’s hospitals is “extremely challenging in the current environment”, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s chief financial officer has said.
Bill Shields added that the BHB was affected by rising costs and global economic challenge...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police named the victim of a road crash on Thursday as 22-year-old Troni Aisha Robinson-Burgess.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the accident, which also seriously injured a 21-year-old w...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Bermuda resident who became the island’s first confirmed case of monkeypox is not in hospital and is now recovering from the disease, according to the chief medical officer.
It remains unknown if the virus, which is spread by close personal contact...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Teamwork between Bermuda and the United States Coast Guard is growing beyond cracking down on illegal fishing in the island’s water, according to US Consul General Karen Grissette.
The partnership is to expand in the areas of search and rescue, law e...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A police officer injured in an attack by a pitbull terrier has been released from hospital.
Officers responded to a report of threatening behaviour outside a restaurant on Front Street, Hamilton around 12.44pm on Wednesday.
A suspect became aggressiv...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Registration is now open online for children of all backgrounds for classes at the Portuguese School of Bermuda.
Run by the Portuguese Cultural Association of Bermuda, the after school programme in the Portuguese language is for primary-school aged s...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man accused of breaking quarantine rules said natural immunity had succeeded in getting him through Customs before and thought it would work again, a court heard.
Michael Watson, 46, said that he had brought up his Covid natural immunity status and...
DATE: Aug 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson