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Government has clarified incorrect information posted on its website about mask requirements for young children attending childcare facilities.
The www.gov.bm website had said that children aged two years and above were required to wear masks “at al...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Low oxygen levels in Spittal Pond may have caused a number of fish to die at the site in recent weeks.
A spokesman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said dead juvenile snappers were collected from the shoreline at the eastern e...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man who admitted stealing $4,000 worth of jewellery and a motorcycle from his ex-girlfriend on Friday avoided three months of jail time.
Melvin Williams, 61, was given a suspended prison sentence when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court for the theft...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Volunteers from a law firm helped clean out a nature reserve so it could open to the public after years of closure.
A team of about 25 Appleby employees visited the Sherwin Nature Reserve in Warwick last Friday to help clear invasive species and over...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Ongoing roadworks were announced for the East End as Belco trenching continues next week, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
The dig around Harrington Sound Road is to move past Paynter’s Road in Hamilton Parish to the Belco substation, while...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The first hurricane of 2021 has been downgraded to a tropical storm but was threatening to hit Cuba before making its way to Florida, forecasters said.
The Associated Press said Cuba evacuated 180,000 people amid fears that Tropical Storm Elsa could...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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Covid and the resulting lengthy lockdowns caused enormous hardship for many in Bermuda.
People were cut off from their family and friends, they lost their livelihoods and, in some tragic cases, their loved ones.
But despite everything, people refused...
DATE: Jul 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Immigration laws are to be subjected to a “top down review”, the Minister of Labour announced on Friday.
Jason Hayward said the goal of immigration reform “is to ensure that the big picture is one that benefits all of Bermuda”.
“In the past, we have...
DATE: Jul 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The island’s water production plants cannot meet current demand, MPs were told on Friday.
David Burch, the public works minister, said water access was being restricted because rainfall was 34 per cent lower than the average for May and June. Just 6...
DATE: Jul 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A former chairman of the Progressive Labour Party who resigned his post after demanding that his company should be first in line for Government contracts has been awarded a $3.2 million contract by a Government quango.
Damon Wade’s company, Atlantic ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan