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A Portuguese cultural and community centre was opened at the weekend.
The Casa dos Açores – House of the Azores – at Admiralty Park in Pembroke, will be a base for the non-profit organisation and charities dedicated to the preservation of Azorean cul...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Insurance company Catalina Holdings has donated 30 filled school backpacks to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda to support students in need.
Tina Rego, chairwoman of the company’s environmental, social and governance committee, said: “During a peri...
DATE: Sep 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A woman on a rental scooter was taken to hospital today after her machine was in collision with a truck.
A police spokeswoman said the injured woman was taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, but her injuries were not thought to be “life-thr...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The island last night recorded another death from Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 43.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said another 155 coronavirus infections had been logged over two days and the number of active cases now stood at 1,513.
Ms W...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Mandatory coronavirus test schemes for unvaccinated workers could be used more widely as employers try to cut risk in their businesses.
Keith Jensen, the Bermuda Employers’ Council president, said employers had to deal with more than 10,000 quarantin...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The bus and ferry services will not run today amid Covid-19 health and safety fears among unionised staff.
A Government spokeswoman said the Department of Marine & Ports had been notified by the Bermuda Industrial Union that staff would strike today....
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Police have appealed to the public to help find a 19-year-old man said to be a “person of interest”.
A police spokesman said Zywonde Lema is a light skinned, Black male, about 5ft 3in, of slim build, usually clean-shaven and with a high top fade hair...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The US Centres for Disease Control yesterday warned travellers not to visit Bermuda after a massive rise in Covid-19 cases.
The announcement came after the island was moved to Level 4 – “very high” risk – on the CDC’s travel advisory list.
Stephen To...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A limousine driver banned from the road for dangerous driving after he was involved in a crash has had his conviction upheld by the Supreme Court.
Pillion Webb argued that the evidence against him should not have been relied upon, but Puisne Judge Sh...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda continues to lead the world on coronavirus cases per head, two tracking sites have shown.
Worldometer.com’s coronavirus website showed Bermuda had the world’s highest number of active cases per head over the last seven days with 16,323 case...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill