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Government has spent $1.6 million on infrastructure projects as part of its short term stimulus programme aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
David Burch, the public works minister, said today that five of 16 proj...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A driver trapped in his car by live electrical wires described fearing for his life as he and his passenger spent several minutes waiting for rescue.
Bus driver Mark Anderson saw his life flash before his eyes after an electric pole was snagged by a ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sophia Cannonier and her husband Michael Watson yesterday denied breaching the Government’s Covid-19 quarantine regulations.
Ms Cannonier, 52, and Mr Watson, 46, were both charged with refusing to comply with a mandatory quarantine as directed by a h...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Royal Gazette asked the public to tell us who their ‘Covid Hero’ was during the pandemic.
Many shared stories about people who inspired them or helped them get through the hardships faced for almost 18 months.
Although we received countless n...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A nurse who helped manage a coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home while recovering from cancer surgery said he stayed committed because he knew he was needed.
Darren Hunnicutt, 38, worked at the Matilda Smith Williams Nursing Home last year after ev...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Almost one in three of the complaints received by the Human Rights Commission in 2020 were claims of discrimination on the grounds of disability, according to the Commission’s annual report.
The report, tabled today in the House of Assembly by Tinee...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The life span of the ferry Resolute has been extended by 12 years following a $2 million refit at the shipyard where it was originally built in 2002.
The House of Assembly also heard that Bermuda’s flagship pilot boat St David, damaged in May after i...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s small and medium-sized businesses were kept afloat with $4.4 million in aid from the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
David Burt, the Premier, ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Firefighters extinguished a car fire on Roberts Avenue, Devonshire last night.
A Fire Service spokesman said the Service received a report at 10.36pm that was care was engulfed in flames and one appliance from Hamilton Station responded with four f...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Opposition is calling on Government to enforce mandatory supervised quarantine laws following a series of incidents at the airport this week.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman for national security, pointed out that the party op...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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