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The bus and ferry services will not run today amid Covid-19 health and safety fears among unionised staff.
A Government spokeswoman said the Department of Marine & Ports had been notified by the Bermuda Industrial Union that staff would strike today....
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Police have appealed to the public to help find a 19-year-old man said to be a “person of interest”.
A police spokesman said Zywonde Lema is a light skinned, Black male, about 5ft 3in, of slim build, usually clean-shaven and with a high top fade hair...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The US Centres for Disease Control yesterday warned travellers not to visit Bermuda after a massive rise in Covid-19 cases.
The announcement came after the island was moved to Level 4 – “very high” risk – on the CDC’s travel advisory list.
Stephen To...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A limousine driver banned from the road for dangerous driving after he was involved in a crash has had his conviction upheld by the Supreme Court.
Pillion Webb argued that the evidence against him should not have been relied upon, but Puisne Judge Sh...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda continues to lead the world on coronavirus cases per head, two tracking sites have shown.
Worldometer.com’s coronavirus website showed Bermuda had the world’s highest number of active cases per head over the last seven days with 16,323 case...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
A massive surge in coronavirus cases should have been tackled sooner, the shadow health minister has claimed.
Michael Dunkley said Bermuda’s Covid-19 figures had only recently shot up past 1,400 active cases, but that it was clear last month that num...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Rapid antigen tests to be used by airline passengers from Bermuda to destinations except Boston and Canada are cheaper and faster than the usual PCR tests, researchers have said.
But they added antigen tests were also less accurate than the “gold st...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A warning not to speed to beat the curfew deadline was issued by police yesterday.
Police warned the public should plan ahead so they do not have to race home.
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Na’imah Astwood said only one breach of curfew arr...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have warned the public over fake social media reports about thieves handing out face masks with “anaesthetic properties”.
A police spokesman said the message claimed people should beware of people who claimed to be “government workers” distrib...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Staff shortages are expected to hit garbage collection over the next few weeks, the public works ministry warned last night.
A spokeswoman said residential waste collection would continue but it was “impossible to guarantee service every day under th...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell