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The president of the Bermuda Industrial Union last night launched a stinging attack on the Government accusing it of double standards and calling on the PLP backbench MPs to “remember that their obligation is first and foremost to the people who elec...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Another 37 people have tested positive for Covid-19, the health minister announced last night.
The figure reflects a 2.7 per cent test positivity rate.
In addition, there have been three new admissions to hospital, five have been discharged and eight...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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The Premier, David Burt, last night refused to state who signed off on an order enabling work to continue at the St Regis hotel during the stay-at-home order.
The exemption, approved by the Ministry of National Security after the stay-at-home order c...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sally Gibbons 1940-2021
An artist and teacher whose love of flowers beautified Holy Trinity Church in Hamilton Parish has died at 80.
Sally Gibbons, widow of the former government minister Leonard Gibbons, was also head of the secondary departme...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Police have made an arrest after a Pembroke playground was destroyed in a fire last weekend.
Detectives yesterday confirmed that one person had been arrested in connection to the blaze at Pig’s Field last Saturday evening.
Investigators have also con...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Farmers and fishermen will now be allowed to sell produce from roadside operations, Government announced last night.
It comes in the wake of complaints by farmers and a petition calling for regulations to be changed to help farms and fishermen during...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Motorists should not venture out onto the roads this weekend unless they have a valid reason for doing so, police have warned.
Martin Weekes, the Assistant Commissioner of Police said that officers and Royal Bermuda Regiment personnel will be out in ...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Another three people were charged with Covid-19 breaches yesterday during an online Magistrates’ Court session.
Kamesh Wilkinson, 39, pleaded guilty to breaking the previous midnight to 5am curfew on January 23.
The court heard that police stopped Wi...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A dispute between bus operators and the Department of Public Transport has been sent to arbitration.
The row flared up on Monday after drivers took time off work to get tested for the Covid-19 virus.
They said it had been agreed that they would be al...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Free face masks are to be given to the homeless in a joint initiative by the City of Hamilton and the Department of Health.
Meanwhile, the City said it has hired a private company to conduct an assessment of homelessness in Bermuda while government i...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan