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Bermuda has one of the best Covid-19 testing regimes in the world, according to the Premier.
David Burt added that countries were following Bermuda as a model to improve their own testing rates.
Mr Burt was speaking at the official opening of a new p...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
“Digital policing”, with a boost in digital forensics and cybercrime investigation, is one of the priorities for a new five-year plan unveiled for the service.
Switching from paper to electronic documents, upgrading CCTV, replacing body cameras and a...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Controversial changes to Special Development Orders are expected to be debated today in the House of Assembly.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs has said the Development and Planning Amendment Act 2021 is intended to streamline the SDO proce...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Online registration to volunteer at the upcoming Bermuda Championship has now opened.
The Bermuda BF&M Volunteer Programme hopes to enlist more than 500 volunteers to serve on 17 committees for the golf tournament.
Sean Sovacool, the executive direct...
DATE: Jul 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The City of Hamilton is to almost double its original budget to fund extra police on the beat.
The Extra Duty Police Officer Programme launched in October 2020 with a commitment of $57,000 will now be boosted by a further $54,000 enabling continued h...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island’s top judge will rule whether an online cartoon shared by a police officer shortly before the island’s Black Lives Matter march last year qualifies as freedom of expression – or could get her charged with a “grossly offensive” social media...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An opponent of mandatory quarantine was allowed to quarantine at home with a monitoring bracelet yesterday after the Government said he fell into an exempted category.
But Antonio Belvedere claimed on social media that he did not pay for or complete ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who was remanded in custody for contempt of court for cursing was released yesterday after his lawyer argued that he was unlawfully detained.
Elizabeth Christopher, for the defence, told Magistrates’ Court that her client, Michael Simons, 25, s...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The doctor running Government’s Covid-19 testing facility has provided details of how vaccinations can dramatically reduce the spread of the disease.
Carika Weldon, who heads the department of health’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, also explained...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government has consistently fallen short on addressing long-term care for seniors, the executive director of Age Concern Bermuda charged this week.
Claudette Fleming spoke after the continued shortage of hospital beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hosp...
DATE: Jul 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell