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A charity focused on the wellbeing of seniors has moved into a new headquarters.
Ministers and MPs from across the aisle welcomed Age Concern into their new headquarters near Admiralty House in Pembroke yesterday.
Many of them who were aged 50 and ol...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Government has been criticised for failing to consult with other stakeholders before introducing hikes to health insurance premiums.
Increases to the standard premium rate were passed in the House of Assembly last Friday.
But the Bermuda Public Servi...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People with the blood type O positive have been asked to donate.
A Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman said: “The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre is currently in need of O positive blood and is requesting members of the public donate where possible.”
Dono...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Young people are to be brought together in an effort to combat climate change.
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute has organised its first Youth Climate Summit, scheduled to take place online between November 22 and 27.
The BUEI said it was ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drive-in dining event organised by the City of Hamilton has been postponed because of a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Jessica Astwood, the city’s director of marketing and communications, said: “While we are extremely disappointed, the health of the com...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new post of head of cultural heritage will help boost the island’s appreciation of its past, a Bermuda National Trust spokeswoman said yesterday.
She was speaking as it was announced that Charlotte Andrews, the former executive director of the St G...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another person has died from Covid, the Government said last night.
It marks the 37th death since the pandemic hit the island last year.
The news was revealed after a press conference when health minister, Kim Wilson, announced new public safety rest...
DATE: Sep 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
It was a heartbreaking tweet – 74 words that summarised the lives of many young children around the island.
“Covid started when Tau was 3, he is 5. He’s never experienced playing on the school field with other classes, sports day, he doesn’t even kno...
DATE: Sep 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Booster shots for the vaccine against Covid-19 are “number one on the list” for the Government’s immunisation committee.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the committee would meet this week to discuss “how it will be distributed and when”.
She no...
DATE: Sep 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt, the Premier, has been accused of being “missing in action” after failing to publicly address the current Covid-19 crisis.
Mr Burt last spoke publicly on coronavirus developments at a press conference at the beginning of August.
Press conf...
DATE: Sep 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan