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No new cases of Covid-19 were detected yesterday, the health ministry said last night.
A total of 1,683 test results came back to health officials and all were negative.
There are four active cases of the coronavirus which are being monitored by heal...
DATE: Jun 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Jurors in a murder trial gave no indication that they were under pressure to deliver a verdict, a Crown lawyer told the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Counsel for Katrina Burgess and Cleveland Rogers – half-siblings jailed for the 2006 murder of Marcus G...
DATE: Jun 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police investigating an alleged breach of Covid-19 regulations at a raft-up organised by an upmarket US online fashion retailer have appealed for anyone with video of the event to provide it to them.
The investigation, which was yesterday backed by...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A bid to temporarily block mandatory quarantine laws for travellers not vaccinated against Covid-19 was rejected because the applicants failed to show that they would suffer “irreparable harm” under the proposed law.
At a hearing last Friday three pe...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An antiracism group today pledged its support for the preservation of a historic building in North Hamilton earmarked for demolition.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said it was “disturbed to hear of the plans to demolish one of the last unique ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Food prices have skyrocketed in the past year and more increases are likely, grocery stores warned yesterday.
Supermarket chains claimed they were doing all they could to keep prices down, but that they were fighting factors beyond their control.
Ret...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A glimmer of hope for the preservation of a landmark Hamilton home that was the birthplace of one of the island’s top schools was announced yesterday.
The Ministry of Public Works last night confirmed that a demolition order had been given for Wantle...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Prosecutors yesterday asked the Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction on two half-siblings jailed for the 2006 murder of 32-year-old Marcus Gibbings.
Katrina Burgess and Cleveland Rogers claimed their case was not handled fairly and there was not ...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A rebrand for the Bermuda Tourism Authority will bring it closer to the public, its chief executive said yesterday.
Charles Jeffers II, the BTA’s chief executive, added: “I am committed to our organisation being more connected with the community.
“T...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s Information Commissioner is to join to the first executive committee for the International Conference of Information Commissioners.
Gitanjali Gutierrez was elected to the role after a vote last month and her three-year term will begin at th...
DATE: Jun 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan