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Bermuda was last night hailed as a world-class destination for sports events after the climax of the weekend’s international sailing tournament.
Sir Russell Coutts, the CEO of race series SailGP, said it was unlikely that any other country could have...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A tour boat operator has appealed to the Government to back the industry after the loss of thousands of dollars of bookings for high-profile yacht race SailGP because of Covid-19 restrictions.
The operator – who asked not to be identified – said the ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Wil Weber: 1941-2021
An engineer whose innovations transformed the island’s soft drinks industry has died.
Wil Weber was 78.
Mr Weber, who was born in Chicago, had a 55-year career in a family industry – his great-grandfather, Phillip Weber, mov...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The Government’s claim that 70 per cent of the population will be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of next month was last night questioned by the Opposition.
Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance shadow health minister, raised concerns afte...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Westgate inmate has spent almost a month on lockdown because of a row over Covid-19 tests, his family has claimed.
His mother said the prisoner, who is asthmatic with narrow nasal passages, had reacted badly to the PCR test for the coronavirus a ye...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former Bermuda Idol winner who needs life-saving medical treatment overseas has been airlifted to a hospital in Boston.
Latosha Codrington, a singer in clubs and churches across the island, suffered a heart attack last Tuesday and later developed ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Cashier services at a Government building are to restart tomorrow.
Money-handling staff will return to work to take payments at the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street, which is also home to the Department of Social Insurance.
Cas...
DATE: Apr 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Antiracism campaigners will hold a forum on how Black men have been pictured as inferior and a threat to the corporate world next week.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda has assembled a panel to discuss “Black Masculinity and Legacies of Subjugati...
DATE: Apr 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The number of active Covid-19 infections has dropped, despite another 20 cases logged.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said that the new cases were among 1,315 test results that came back to health officials today.
Four came in from overseas – a non...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fresh appeal for youngsters to sign up for an anti-abuse programme was made by a child protection charity yesterday.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children appealed to primary and middle school pupils to join its Safety Matters classes as Apr...
DATE: Apr 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson