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A man was almost three times the legal alcohol limit when he crashed his motorcycle, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
Saravanan Thangaiyan, 30, was fined and banned from the roads for 18 months for drink driving.
The court heard that police went t...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 67-year-old man was injured tonight after his motorbike crashed.
Police said the incident happened on North Shore Road, Flatts, near the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo.
The injured man, who was on a rental motorbike, was rushed to hospital but a ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
More schools are set to reopen tomorrow after another day of Covid-19 tests – but the senior schools and several middle schools will stay closed.
Tinee Furbert, the acting education minister, said: “We continue to make notable progress with school op...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Just a handful of public schools will open their classrooms today, the Ministry of Education confirmed last night.
A spokeswoman said there would be a “staggered opening of schools for term two” – with no middle or senior schools opening as parents a...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
More than 500 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed which pushed the number of active infections past 900, the Ministry of Health said.
But there are just two people in hospital, neither of them in intensive care.
A spokeswoman said that the mini...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police yesterday denied that a family – including a baby – was “abandoned at the side of the road” after a traffic stop on Monday.
Acting Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons said he was satisfied after a review of officers’ body camera footage that ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the murder of Osagi Bascome.
Raheem Wray, 24, was charged with killing Mr Bascome on December 18 last year in St George’s.
He did not enter a plea as the case must be heard in the Supreme Co...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Staffing levels at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital have been hit by the highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19, it was revealed.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board confirmed that 25 staff were off work after they were infected...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Travellers leaving the island must still attend a Covid-19 test centre, health officials have advised.
But a spokeswoman acknowledged that delays in getting test results continued, a problem said to be caused by the latest outbreak driven by Omicron ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A mature student who has fulfilled her dream of going to university after years of saving up was sent on her way with a special motorcade.
Friends and family of Phylicia Furbert held the drive-by for the 29-year-old and thanked her for being a great ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson