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Bermuda has recorded another Covid-19 death, but the number of people admitted to hospital has fallen sharply.
The Ministry of Health said last night that it had identified 266 new Covid-19 cases in the past week. There were also 338 recoveries, caus...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Six Bermudian students are receiving hands-on training in every aspect of museum operations through the National Museum of Bermuda’s summer internship programme.
Projects include helping to create a teacher’s research guide on piloting in Bermuda, r...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Gang violence has increased dramatically in the past ten years despite the best efforts of law enforcement agencies, according to the Commissioner of Police.
Darrin Simons said that the problem will never be resolved by policing alone, and that other...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government is putting pressure on electricity supplier Belco to reduce emissions from its North Power Station.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that the company, along with the Environmental Authority, needed to take “urgent actio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Another charity has joined in objections to a development on land previously zoned as coastal reserve.
Janice Hetzel, president of the Bermuda Audubon Society, said in an opinion piece that further construction on formerly protected open spaces would...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Same-sex marriages that took place before the practice was outlawed are still valid under a Bill passed in the Senate yesterday.
The Domestic Partnership Amendment Act extends the transitional period during which same-sex marriages could be carried o...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Emergency laws designed to crack down rapidly on crime will be made permanent after legislation was passed by senators yesterday.
In reading the Criminal Code Amendment Act 2022, Ernest Peets, the Government Senate Leader and spokesman for the Minis...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
People will get to hear from one of the leading ecologists in the Caribbean, Lanya Fanovitch, at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
Ms Fanovitch is the senior ecologist of the Environmental Research Institute of Charlotteville, based in To...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Numerous senators weighed in on the debate about the Government’s proposal to extend Covid-19 public heath emergency measures.
The regulations, which make the wearing of masks mandatory in certain places such as health facilities and on public transp...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Senators have approved legislation that will see quarantine exemptions for members of certain armed forces removed.
The Quarantine Amendment Bill 2022 seeks to amend the Quarantine Act 2017 to make provisions for the Quarantine Authority to make eme...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan