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The police criminal records office has closed to walk-ins because of the increase in Covid-19 cases.
A police spokesman said the office, which also handles vetting requests from members of the public, would be shut until further notice.
People who n...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The island has started to be hit by the outer bands of wind and rain from Hurricane Larry.
But the storm continued to pass well east of Bermuda as predicted.
A powerful surf churned the South Shore, but winds remained low, although a tropical storm w...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
High winds and heavy rain are expected today but the island is expected to escape the worst of Hurricane Larry, forecasters said.
The Bermuda Weather Service said yesterday a Tropical Storm Warning was in force and the Category 2 hurricane was still...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has accused Government of poor planning after it closed schools at short notice.
Public school pupils were due to go back to the classroom today for the start of the new academic year.
But on Tuesday Diallo Rabain,...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal-winner returned to the spotlight last night at the US Open tennis championships as part of efforts to promote the island.
Triathlon superstar Flora Duffy was a guest on the US Open Facebook Live show The Changeover ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fresh outbreak of Covid-19 is being driven in part by “people going to work with actual symptoms”, the health minister said yesterday afternoon as she “reluctantly” conceded the island was seeing its fourth wave of infections from the virus.
“This ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Employers have been asked to be considerate to staff whose children will return to remote learning this week because of the increase in Covid-19 cases.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said: “We want parents to know that we recognise that th...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Drugs with a street value of $500,000 have been seized by police following a raid in the east end.
The narcotics, including cannabis, crack cocaine, powder cocaine and heroin were recovered during a “recent exercise”, although police did not give an ...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Doctors revealed last night that a second “satellite” intensive care unit had been opened at the hospital in preparation for a likely surge in Covid-19 cases.
Michael Richmond, the chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said he was “confiden...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A surge in test demand has put staff in the lab leading the fight against Covid-19 under increased pressure.
Carika Weldon, who heads Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory in the East End, said on Twitter that staff had worked long hours – and some had al...
DATE: Sep 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes