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A pet dog trapped for two days in the apartment block that collapsed in a suspected gas explosion was pulled from the debris alive and well yesterday.
The dog was being looked after by a resident of the Hilltop Court building in Southampton when the...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An antiracism charity has called for West End Primary School to remain open in advance of planned changes to the public school system.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda highlighted the history of the school as one of the two oldest, continually op...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A popular guest worker from the Philippines who lost his life in an explosion at his Southampton home on Monday evening has been named by police as Oscar Mascarinas, 49.
A spokesman said his wife, 50, also a Filipino guest worker, remained in critica...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nurses have been praised by Kim Wilson, the health minister, for their resilience through the Covid-19 pandemic.
In remarks at the Nurse of the Year luncheon on Sunday, Ms Wilson said: “This pandemic took a personal toll on healthcare workers, espec...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
HSBC Bermuda has backed an initiative by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to prepare a new report on the impact of climate change in Bermuda.
The project, led by Mark Guishard, an adjunct faculty at BIOS and the director of the Bermuda Wea...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three deaths linked to Covid-19 were reported yesterday by health officials, bringing the island’s confirmed death toll from the pandemic to 134.
Bermuda also continues to see a climbing rate of new infections, with 409 active cases – the highest num...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Warwick Academy student who sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car crash last year is preparing to participate in the Convex End to End on Saturday.
David Goonewardene , 17, from Paget, will be joined by his schoolmates in the walk, which mar...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Public education will be the tool used to combat a pitbull “crisis” driven by illegal dog breeding, the home affairs minister said yesterday.
Walter Roban said that efforts would be taken to remind pitbull owners of their responsibilities as caretake...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A surge of passport applications and delays overseas means that Bermudian applicants face a longer wait, the Government said yesterday.
A spokesman for the Department of Immigration said that the UK Government had confirmed that those who are attempt...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents of a Smith’s neighbourhood have called for “industrialisation” of the area to be halted pending a traffic study.
Almost 60 residents of Lolly’s Well Road, Hamilton Sound Road and Manor House Condominiums have signed a petition against a pla...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes