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A 68-year-old woman was found dead in a Hamilton park today, police said.
A police spokeswoman said emergency services attended the Queen Elizabeth Park off Hamilton’s Queen Street about 2.15pm.
The spokeswoman added: “On arrival, medical personnel d...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of nurses have won a total of $13,000 in scholarships to help them further their nursing education.
Olievia Martins and Luz Soto-Lambert, registered nurses, were given $2,000 each and Tamara Symons, Regina Dill and Theresa Santucci, all nursi...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Youngsters at the island’s two public secondary schools will be taught how to prepare for college – by specially trained senior pupils.
The Mirrors Programme has introduced PeerForward – a course designed to improve college preparedness for children ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Progressive Labour Party MP has defended the party’s Covid-19 SafeKey policy after Opposition criticism of the scheme.
Christopher Famous accused Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister, of “negativity” over new rules requiring customers of som...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Pfizer vaccine was yesterday given full approval by US authorities.
The Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine its strongest endorsement on the grounds of the massive amount of evidence that it is safe.
Janet Woodcock, the acting FDA commi...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A union’s threat of two-day strike this month was more to do with internal Progressive Labour Party politics than controversial changes to labour legislation, the Premier claimed yesterday.
David Burt said in a letter to Chris Furbert, the president...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Rastafarian artist yesterday vowed to rebuild his distinctive red, gold and green VW Beetle after it was wrecked by fire.
Perry Butterfield’s “Lion Bug”, a familiar sight on the roads across the island for years, was gutted in a blaze thought to ha...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
The seas around Bermuda have already started to suffer from damage caused by climate change, an island researcher has warned.
Nick Bates, a senior scientist and director of research at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science, said Bermuda’s waters had...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Union negotiators and the Government should go head-to-head until a deal is struck over union decertification votes, an Opposition MP said last night.
Jarion Richardson, the shadow labour minister, said: “We recommend the negotiators enter a room, B...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A solar farm at the airport could be operational soon, the Government said yesterday.
Jeanne Nikolai, the Government’s director of energy, said the developers were “very close” to finishing the commissioning process.
She added: “It could be as soon a...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes