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Bermuda has recorded another Covid-19 death, health officials revealed yesterday.
The news brought the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to 128.
But Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the number of active cases continued to fall.
The island...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Half of Bermuda’s arable land is going unused and contributing to problems with food scarcity on the island, an agricultural scientist said.
Chris Faria, the founder of the AgraLiving Institute, added that Government investment into vertical farming ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Worried Azoreans in Bermuda are keeping a close eye on their homeland after São Jorge island continued to suffer thousands of earth tremors – a signal that a major earthquake or volcanic eruption could be on the way.
The island has been shaken by tho...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Praised for his handling of the initial stage of the Covid-19 crisis, the Premier seemed almost unassailable when he led the Progressive Labour Party to a landslide victory at the last election — but has Mr Slick now become Mr Lost the Grip?
With the...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda has appointed Stacey-Lee Williams as its first full-time and permanent executive director.
The antiracism charity said Ms Williams came to the role with more than two decades’ service in education and di...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Community and sports clubs have been awarded $175,000 from the Government's confiscated assets and capital development grant programme.
Cheques were presented by David Burt, the Premier and finance minister, to clubs to upgrade facilities, buy new eq...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pictures and stories about people and everyday life in Bermuda are being hunted by the National Museum of Bermuda.
The community crowd sourcing project was designed to amass old family photographs and their associated stories to become part of the NM...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A whale expert whose love of the subject was sparked by watching the sea creatures in the waters off Bermuda as a child is to deliver a presentation on the subject next week.
Nan Hauser, the president and director of the Centre for Cetacean Research ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A plan to use a waterside park for sail training has been approved by the Department of Planning.
The application, submitted by Adwick Planning on behalf of the non-profit USail, said Harrington Sound had historically been used as a “safe and protect...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government-run community centres, campsites and other facilities will be closed tomorrow so staff can attend a training course.
But the Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation’s office will be manned to take telephone calls, mail and to respond to ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan