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The Covid-19 vaccine has hit resistance among the young and Black people more sceptical about its benefits than the white population, a survey has revealed.
Survey respondents aged 18 to 34 highlighted reasons that ranged from distrust to not feeling...
DATE: May 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A defence lawyer yesterday called for leniency for people charged with Covid-19 curfew breaches after a designated driver was fined $1,500 for being out after the deadline.
Elizabeth Christopher told Magistrates’ Court that many cases of curfew breac...
DATE: May 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Plans to convert a warehouse into a grocery store have been shot down Government planners.
The application, submitted to the Development Applications Board in January, proposed alterations to warehouse on North Shore Road, Pembroke to create a 1,225 ...
DATE: May 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A virtual prayer meeting for the island’s leaders will be held tomorrow by the New Testament Church of God.
Bishop Gladstone Thompson said: “We certainly appreciate the leadership displayed in our time of crisis.
The Zoom event will include prayers a...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Outrageous socks were sported by the public yesterday in a show for support for an autism charity.
Tomorrow’s Voices has already raised $3,000 from donations and the sale of the wacky socks through its store on the Sargasso Sea app as part of its Au...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Staff and elderly residents in nursing and care homes have been given bouquets of Easter lilies to help lift their spirits.
The Garden Club of Bermuda, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary, teamed up with Pacheco & Sons farm to deliver the flow...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
One of the Bermuda’s biggest unions has appealed to the public to support healthcare changes, the implementation of unemployment insurance and a living wage.
Armell Thomas, the Bermuda Public Services Union president, speaking on the eve of tomorro...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Three more people have died from Covid-19 – the largest number of deaths reported on a single day.
The grim news brought the death toll to 27.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said last night: “Today, I am sad to report three Covid-related deaths.
“M...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The new owners of Cambridge Beaches said last night they planned to “elevate the experience” at the resort, with upgrades to guest rooms and public areas.
But Dovetail, a New York hotel development company who sealed the deal yesterday, insisted that...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A ban on work permits in more than 40 job categories was yesterday extended for another three months.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said the moratorium, imposed in November and scheduled to finish at the end of this month, will now run to the e...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell