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A heart specialist yesterday claimed people needed to question their doctor and get a second opinion if they have concerns about a medical diagnosis
Christopher Irobunda of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, said people had to be confident when dea...
DATE: Jan 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A secondary school has challenged the public to take part in an island-wide reading festival to celebrate the fight for racial justice in Bermuda.
The Berkeley Institute will lead the charge in the One Island, One Book project by having pupils and st...
DATE: Jan 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A controversial senator and junior minister quit last night in the face of mounting criticism after it was revealed he owed an elderly woman $19,000 in unpaid rent.
Curtis Richardson will resign his seat in the Upper House and position as junior nati...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The death toll from the coronavirus rose to 114 last night after health officials announced two more deaths.
There are now 16 infected people in hospital, with three of them in intensive care.
The latest test figures showed 496 new infections out of ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who won $1.9 million in damages from the Bermuda Hospitals Board after his wife died of cancer has been jailed in Britain for drug offences.
Kemar Maybury, who now lives in Brighton, was arrested in March 2020 – less than two months after a cou...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Keeva Joell-Benjamin has become Bermuda’s first female Commissioner of Corrections.
The appointment of the 30-year veteran of the prison service became effective on January 17, it was announced.
She had held the position in an acting capacity since 2...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The government should update details on spending habits so it can better calculate the rate of inflation, a top economist has said.
Craig Simmons said that a consumer spending survey had not been conducted since 2013 – and that shopping habits had ch...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Children have been sent to school without parents waiting for clear coronavirus test results and some have later been found to be infected, health officials said last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, warned parents that children should not ret...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man imprisoned for 30 years after he tried to smuggle almost $10 million of heroin into Bermuda has appealed against his conviction.
Josef Vlcek was convicted in 2019 of trying to smuggle nearly three kilograms of the drug into the island on a flig...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Road Safety Council has said it plans to reduce road collisions and deaths in 2022.
Dennis Lister III, the council’s chairman, issued a statement yesterday saying its goal would take all road users doing their part.
“We want the communi...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
