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A tribute concert to honour Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner will be held at Victoria Park on Monday, according to a large group exemption notice.
The exemption, published in the Official Gazette, grants the Department of Culture permission ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Covid-19 report card from a parliamentary committee would be best placed to evaluate the Government’s handling of the pandemic, David Burt said.
The Premier said it was “the job of legislators to scrutinise the work of the executive”, and the parli...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The majority of public schools will be open to in-classroom learning by the end of the week, the Premier has announced.
At last night’s press conference, David Burt said that 30 of the island’s 36 public schools had reached the 80 per cent parental c...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Non-vaccinated residents could be blocked from entering the US – even if they need urgent medical treatment, it has been revealed.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, issued the stark warning at a press conference last night.
The minister pointed out t...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
David Burt, the Premier and tourism minister, has painted a positive picture of the industry – despite the fact that visitor numbers have plummeted in the past 18 months.
At last night’s Covid press conference, Mr Burt said that the Government was w...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Fast-tracked coronavirus tests are planned for incoming travellers – especially people on business – to get cleared quickly on arrival.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said talks on the move were ongoing with the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce. She sai...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has joined forces with Caribbean countries in a research project designed to examine the lives of Atlantic whales.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has teamed up with the Caribbean Marine Mammals’ Passive Acoustic Observato...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A remand prisoner who admitted assaulting a fellow inmate and a corrections officer yesterday claimed that the attack came after he was called a racial slur.
Alvin Leverock, 41, told Magistrates’ Court that a combination of stress and outrage caused ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Legislation is in the works to cut the price of fuel, according to Walter Roban, the home affairs minister.
Mr Roban said there was scope to buffer the island from “the instability of fuel as it relates to international prices”.
Oil prices surged thi...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 72-year-old woman was hurt after being struck by a van that rolled from its parking space in Hamilton yesterday morning.
Police said the pedestrian was taken to hospital as “a precautionary measure”.
The incident happened near the junction of King ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan