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Doctors were forced to cancel hundreds of non-emergency operations because of the recent spike in coronavirus cases.
Wesley Miller, the chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said that elective surgery had to be postponed between March and Ma...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 33-year-old man was in critical condition in hospital tonight after the car he was a passenger in overturned on the National Heroes Day weekend.
Police said the man was in intensive care at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after the crash, whi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
When Terry Norsworthy had a stroke last year, his life changed dramatically.
The 60-year-old IT manager, who was left paralysed down his left side, was confined to a wheelchair and had to retire.
But perhaps his biggest regret was that he and his wif...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
There were two new coronavirus results recorded yesterday, the health ministry said tonight.
The positives were among 5,913 test results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 0.03 per cent.
The tests, taken between last Thursday a...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A raft of government summer programmes have been put in place to help students make up for lost school hours owing to classroom disruption caused by Covid-19.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, outlined the opportunities during Friday’s House...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Charities have been accused of “approaching their work backwards” – by finding a solution, and then looking for a problem to solve, a study has claimed.
The report warned: “Too many third sector self-improvement efforts approach their work backwards...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A luxury superyacht has docked in St George for an extended visit.
Jamaica Bay, built in 2010 by German company Nobiskrug, arrived on May 27 from Palm Beach, Florida, and is scheduled to leave on July 7.
A spokesman for Bermuda Yacht Services, th...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A broken water main has cut supplies to customers, the Government announced yesterday.
The fracture, on Middle Road, near Mosquito Hill, Smith’s, has interrupted the water to customers east of the Middle Road junction with Hermitage Road.
Customers ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Plans for a luxury 52-unit condominium building in Hamilton are back on the table – 12 years after it was first proposed.
Gilbert Lopes, a developer and owner of GL Construction, said he was gauging interest in the apartment block, which would be bui...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Trench work is to cause traffic delays in two parishes, the public works ministry has announced.
The Bermuda Land Development Company will start work from Echo Lane to Tiger Bay in St George’s from next Monday until October 29.
The eastbound lane wi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor