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Parts of national parks are under threat from controversial moves to allow three-wheeler tour guide vehicles into the green spaces, the Opposition has insisted.
The One Bermuda Alliance and the Government clashed yesterday on the issue of whether min...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A man who admitted setting fire to two cars in a misguided attempt to exact revenge on his estranged wife was given a suspended prison sentence.
Justice Iris pleaded guilty to causing wilful damage in the 2019 incident, which caused more than $6,000 ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More blood donors are needed to keep pace with the growing need for transfusions, the Bermuda Hospitals Board warned yesterday.
Eyitayo Fakunle, consultant haematologist for the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said there were nearly 2,000 blood transfusions...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Additional charging stations are being planned for the island’s growing electric bus fleet.
A planning application has been submitted for an extra 28 charging stations and related infrastructure for the Department of Public Transport garage on Pa...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another 343 new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported, it was announced last night.
The cases were confirmed among 9,203 test results received by the health ministry from last Tuesday to Monday, representing a four per cent test positivity rate....
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A friendly society has been ordered to pay the Government’s legal costs for its unsuccessful action to secure the ability to offer vehicle insurance.
The Bentley Friendly Society had argued that the Government had wrongly ordered the Transport Contro...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sunset and sunrise ceremonies will be allowed for the first time for civil marriages and domestic partnerships under new rules approved by the Senate yesterday.
At present, the official couplings can only take place between 10am and 4pm.
This will no...
DATE: Jun 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A representative of the Pan American Health Organisation met with officials on the island this week to discuss health challenges facing Bermuda.
Ian Stein, PAHO’s representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, left the island yesterday af...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
About 1,000 people turned out to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo on Saturday to celebrate World Oceans Day and World Environment Day.
The facility, along with the Bermuda Zoological Society, hosted a free Family Open Day, where they demonstrate...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A dental hygienist who won a judgment for unfair dismissal against her former employer spoke yesterday about her relief at clearing her name.
Catherine Araujo will receive compensation of $53,015 from the dental clinic where she worked for more than ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor