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The trial of a man charged with murder has started in Supreme Court.
Taaj Muhammad, 26, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ronniko Burchall, who was 30, on December 30, 2018.
Mr Muhammad, from St George, also pleaded not guilty to using a firearm to...
DATE: Jan 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government failed to listen to the profession before the “massively botched” reopening of the island’s public schools, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said yesterday.
Nishanthi Bailey, the BUT president, said teachers had been “bullied” by the educ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A scientist sounded the alarm four times last week that the coronavirus test system was about to be overwhelmed by the latest outbreak — but was ignored by Government officials.
Carika Weldon, the director of the Molecular Diagnostic and Research Lab...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Acting ministerial appointments were approved for 11 intervals that spanned seven weeks from the end of November, information from Government House has shown.
The temporary cover was authorised by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, for eight members of the 1...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A senator who revealed a horrific catalogue of sexual and physical abuse by a former boyfriend has been contacted by 20 people in similar situations after her harrowing story was published in The Royal Gazette.
Lindsay Simmons said more than 50 peopl...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Government came under fire yesterday from the Leader of the Opposition for a “frustrating and unbelievable” delay in Covid-19 tests that was followed by the resignation of the programme’s top scientist.
Cole Simons said the Government had “ignore...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Schools that reopened their classrooms this week were hit by widespread staff and pupil absences because of a failure to get coronavirus test results returned in time, sources said yesterday.
One public school staff member highlighted that a class at...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An almost blind pensioner was forced to fork out an extra $700 to get home to Canada after she missed her flight because of coronavirus test result delays.
The woman was able to rebook on yesterday’s Air Canada flight to Toronto — but others were les...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
After-school programmes were suspended today at many schools because of the Covid-19 pandemic and delayed test results.
The Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation said there will be a delay in the after-school programme and after-school club servi...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s gambling watchdog has admitted he attracted global media attention when he tried to ban a game of chance called “Cow Plop Drop Bingo” in Canada.
Jean Major said the event, also called “Cow Patty Bingo”, involved a field divided into numbere...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
