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Retailers concerns about a proposed ban on single-use plastics will be heard, the Government said this week.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said at a press conference that he was pleased by the feedback that had already been received as ...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The driving force behind a solar-powered aquaponics project addressing food security has been granted a national award led by an international environmental group.
Joseph Weeks, technical education instructor at the Bermuda College earned the Nation...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man found guilty of a historic sex assault on a schoolgirl has appealed to the Supreme Court to quash the conviction.
Jamel Simons, 38, was convicted of a sex offence against a girl, who was 15 at the time, in Magistrates’ Court in March – 19 years...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People vaccinated against Covid-19 but who later died from the disease were old and already very sick, the Chief Medical Officer has revealed.
Ayoola Oyinloye said that 16 per cent of the island’s deaths were fully immunised.
Dr Oyinloye added: “Peop...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
At least ten years of experience in a senior police role is an essential requirement for the island’s next Commissioner of Police, according to an advert for the post.
The job description said that the successful candidate will be someone who is serv...
DATE: Oct 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A police officer is expected to face trial after a crash that left a woman seriously injured.
Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, confirmed that Simon Monk “was prosecuted for causing grievous bodily harm by careless driving”.
She said...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity walk next month will feature a parallel virtual event to help fight one of the island’s major chronic illnesses.
Hamilton Rotary Club highlighted the “staggeringly high” cost of end stage kidney disease in Bermuda.
The club appealed for spo...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drivers have been warned to heed one-way signs at Khyber Pass in St George, where a police spokesman said there have been several near misses reported.
The road only permits northbound traffic.
Drivers have gone south either to access paths on the St...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Trench work in Warwick will move further west next week with a stretch of Middle Road reduced to one lane for more than two months.
The Ministry of Public Works told motorists today that the affected portion will start to the west of the junction wit...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three more deaths from Covid-19 were announced last night, raising the death toll from the virus to 95.
But active cases have dropped to 474 from the 658 at the last update. It brings case numbers below the 537 recorded for September 5, early in the...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell