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Trench work will cause traffic delays along portions of main roads with one beginning yesterday, the Ministry of Public Works has warned.
The eastbound lane of Middle Road between George’s Bay Road and Evans Bay Road, in Southampton, was closed from ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A free webinar about women’s wellness will help to mark breast cancer awareness this month.
The session will be hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre and feature Alaire Godfrey, the managing director at Ultimate Imaging Diagnostic Services.
Tina Laws...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Philippines has placed Bermuda on its “red” list, according to this report from the Philippine News Agency.
The red listing came after the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) updated its list of c...
DATE: Oct 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A tropical storm warning is now in effect, the Bermuda Weather Service said this morning.
Hurricane Sam, a major storm, is still tracking to the east of the island.
The Bermuda Weather Service said Sam’s closest point of approach to Bermuda was forec...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Some healthcare professionals are perpetuating myths that home remedies are able to treat Covid-19, according to Bermuda’s Chief Medical Officer.
And he urged them to honour their Hippocratic oath – to “do no harm”.
Ayo Oyinloye was speaking during a...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Three men charged in connection with two separate murders appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Shae-Unni Smith and Ricardo Tucker Jr, both 18, were charged with the murder of Duane Gibbons.
Mr Gibbons, 57, was found unconscious with a stab wound...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A senior adviser at the Bermuda Monetary Authority was a “consummate professional” across many years’ service at the island’s financial services regulator.
Marcia Woolridge-Allwood, daughter of the late former tourism minister Jim Woolridge, was “one...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A historic Bermudian tree which was the oldest living exhibit in a Scottish botanic garden has at last come down.
Workmen moved in to a Victorian glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, home to the palmetto – scientific name Sabal Bermud...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
More health professionals have opted to take the Covid-19 vaccination, Bermuda Hospitals Board Chief of Staff said yesterday.
At a press conference this afternoon, Wesley Miller said that 76 per cent of registered and enrolled nurses, including c...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Premier criticised “negligence” in the fight against Covid-19 and last night highlighted a case where some people had got the vaccine but left an elderly relative unprotected.
David Burt said: “Those persons have gotten their vaccine, but their p...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell