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A memorial tree in commemoration of the island’s 106 victims of Covid-19 has been planted.
The Bermuda cedar was placed in the Botanical Gardens in Paget by David Burt, the Premier and Kim Wilson, the health minister.
Mr Burt said more Bermudians had...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Christmas will come early to an island parish, it was revealed today.
Pembroke Parish Council is to give away 40 vouchers for groceries and electricity for those in need.
Patricka Ferguson, the council chairwoman, said the vouchers would be issued on...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The board of trustees of a public golf course has “taken possession” of the facility’s clubhouse bar and lounge and referred the matter to the police.
Government MP Kim Swan, who is the chairman of the consolidated board of trustees of the Ocean View...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A male motorcyclist was killed yesterday evening after his bike was in collision with a wall and he was thrown overboard, police said.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said the collision occurred shortly before 6pm at the junction of Middle Road a...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police have identified the 28-year-old woman who was found dead in a Smith’s Parish home on Thursday as Morissa Moniz.
Miss Moniz was found in an unresponsive state after police responded to a reported domestic incident, a Bermuda Police Service s...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government must improve administrative procedures to prevent overpayments of emergency unemployment benefits, the Auditor-General has said.
And efforts should be made to recover $3.5 million in estimated overpayments to ensure that the “integrity...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The owners of the Fairmont Southampton will not have the redevelopment of the resort underwritten by the Government, the finance minister has said.
Curtis Dickinson emphasised that no government could be expected to take on the risks of private devel...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Bermuda Health Council has called on the Court of Appeal to overturn a decision to allow a clinic to offer services under the Standard Health Benefit.
Ben Adamson, counsel for the BHeC, said the body reasonably refused the Hamilton Medical Centre...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online marketplace for island businesses to sell Bermudian products and experiences will be launched at the end of the month.
David Burt told the House of Assembly on Friday that the economic recovery plan had identified the establishment of a sm...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Patients will be the main focus of a new universal health coverage plan, the Minister of Health said on Friday.
Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that a three-year plan would begin with a “foundational” layer to include projects highlighted in th...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter