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Doctors are launching a campaign to promote coronavirus vaccination, it was revealed at the weekend.
The news came as the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association warned that healthcare staff were “exhausted” by the battle against a Covid-19 fourth wave a...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A streamlined way to help long-term residents get permanent residency has been approved by the House of Assembly.
The changes proposed by Jason Hayward, the labour minister, opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unwed pare...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A successful businessman who founded his first company six years after he was kicked out of school was a man who liked “showing the world what was possible”.
However, Mike Marshall, whose string of businesses helped build the island over decades, pla...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The Public Service Commission rejected the recommended candidate for the Director of Parks post after staff threatened to walk off the job, the Supreme Court heard.
Terry Lynn Thompson launched legal action against the PSC after she was passed over f...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is at the top of a global list for the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents in a table compiled by The New York Times.
The American newspaper said Bermuda averaged 109 new cases every day from last Monday to yesterday – a rate of ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Kayaks, paddleboarders and a rower completed a marathon circuit of the island yesterday to raise almost $160,000 for a charity focused on the prevention of child sex abuse.
The money will be used to help fund free training for adults by Saving Childr...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Hurricane Sam became a Category 4 storm early yesterday and packed winds of up to 184mph.
It is not ranked as a threat to the island at present – but the 6am forecast from the Bermuda Weather Service showed the storm moving west-northwest at 8mph, sw...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Importers of invasive species are in the crosshairs of legislation passed in the House of Assembly - with fines of up to $50,000 or two years in jail for offenders.
But owners of illegal exotic creatures could also be permitted to surrender them with...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19-related restrictions will be be able to be imposed until the end of November after MPs approved an extension to emergency legislation.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that the only reason restrictions were needed was some people had...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A TV debate involving medics for and against the Covid-19 vaccine should be held, the Deputy Speaker of the House has said.
Derrick Burgess added: “I really would like to hear from a panel of doctors supporting the shot, and hear about other forms o...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell