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Another two people have died from Covid-19 as the number of active cases continued to fall.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, announced the deaths last night, along with another 290 coronavirus cases identified on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
The tw...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted sex offender will be deported from Bermuda back to his homeland of Jamaica on the Governor’s orders, a court heard yesterday.
Brittonie Taylor, 40, was granted a temporary reprieve in October after his lawyer Victoria Greening argued that...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The family of an elderly woman owed $19,000 in rent by a Progressive Labour Party senator has appealed to people with questions about the behaviour of the Premier during the controversy to bombard him with demands for answers on his social media site...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The president of the teachers’ union was illegally fired from her teaching job by the Ministry of Education, it was claimed last night.
Dante Cooper, the Bermuda Union of Teachers’ general secretary designate, said the executive committee did not acc...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health officials last night defended masks for schoolchildren and the continued use of the SafeKey system for bars and restaurants, even though the Cabinet continued to discuss changing coronavirus restrictions.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, and A...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Increased numbers of coronavirus cases among children should be “a concern, but not a worry”, the Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board said last night.
Wesley Miller said parents should “remain vigilant” but not fearful despite the island’s ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government has pledged a smooth transfer of leadership at its Covid-19 test lab after the departure of its current executive director next week.
The resignation of Carika Weldon, head of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, will beco...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 13-year-old schoolgirl was injured after she was hit by a car in Smith’s, police said yesterday.
The incident happened just before 8am yesterday on North Shore Road near Store Hill.
A Bermuda Police Service spokeswoman said that information receive...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Taxpayers have still to be told the cost of two trips to Europe by the Premier despite a Government pledge it would “continuously” update information on ministerial expenses overseas.
David Burt attended a meeting of the leaders of the UK Overseas Te...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The number of police officers unable to work because of Covid-19 has fallen from 48 to 16 over the last two weeks.
Chief Inspector Alex Rollin, of the community policing division said: “These numbers have had no impact on our frontline policing or ca...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes