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Importers were yesterday asked to pick up their cargo to help prevent congestion at Hamilton docks.
Warren Jones, the CEO of port operators Polaris Holdings, said that the latest stay at home order had meant a build-up of containers on the quayside.
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DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s private schools have announced the cancellation of this year’s IGCSE and International Baccalaureate exams in the face of ongoing restrictions against Covid-19.
Public schools earlier this month had the Cambridge Checkpoint exams called ...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fundraising campaign for a Covid-19 vaccination programme has received a welcome shot in the arm thanks to the fundraising efforts of a local insurance company.
Coralisle Group Insurance has $25,000 to the Bermuda Hospital Board Charitable Foundati...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Residents are being asked to celebrate tomorrow’s Earth Day by doing something positive for the environment.
Sustainability campaign group Greenrock is challenging residents to mark the event by recycling waste, starting a garden, or avoiding plastic...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda is “on the right path” to rein in the latest Covid-19 outbreak, the Health Minister said last night.
She was speaking after revealing that there were just 12 positive cases found from the 578 latest test results.
Kim Wilson said the island w...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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“Valid questions” and “understandable concerns” may account for why half the nurses and more than a quarter of the doctors employed by Bermuda Hospitals Board have yet to be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to hospital chiefs.
Dr Wesley Miller...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Retail stores and restaurants welcomed business back yesterday after they were allowed to open for the first time after the Government stay-at-home order was lifted.
Many businesses that were given the go-ahead to carry out kerbside pick-up and deliv...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
None of the 40 Covid-19 patients currently in hospital received a vaccine against the condition before they became ill.
Currently, 34 patients suffering from the virus are on two wards at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital – with a further six patient...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A supermarket has shut up shop for two days for cleaning in “an abundance of caution” after a spike in Covid-19 cases.
The MarketPlace chain said its Shelly Bay store would be closed until Friday.
The notice said: “The MarketPlace’s most urgent prior...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pastor, women’s advocate and former United Bermuda Party Cabinet minister and senator has died at 75.
Yvette Swan, who worked as an optometrist at the Bermuda Optical Company, was a champion for the disadvantaged, according to Cole Simons, the Lead...
DATE: Apr 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer