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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
The public are invited to attend a lecture on dyslexia at the Bermuda College this weekend.
The programme is part of a week-long conference at the college in partnership with The Dyslexic Foundation, which is expected to attract education experts fro...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government has failed in its bid to block a judicial review into how it signed a controversial deal without putting the contract out to tender.
The Cabinet Office ministry made a deal with Florida-based exporter Access USA in May 2021 to set up a...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Boaters have been unable to license their vessels after computer systems at the Department of Marine and Ports were sunk by a technical glitch.
Government computer systems across all ministries were disabled by an outage last month. Although the prob...
DATE: Jun 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan