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A new book that charts the history of the island’s railway service is to be launched next week.
The Bermuda Railway, published by the National Museum of Bermuda examines the short life of the service with hundreds of rare historic photographs, m...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Government’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan has stalled due to an “all-out effort” to contain the recent surge in coronavirus cases, the Premier revealed yesterday.
David Burt told The Royal Gazette: “I will be completely honest: for the last mo...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The number of active Covid-19 cases continues to fall, according to the latest test results released last night.
Just 12 positive cases were recorded from a batch of 1,260 test results received by the department of health – a positivity rate of one ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Sir John Swan, a former premier, dismissed claims yesterday that the island’s property and development industries were once like “the Wild West” in which corruption was rampant.
Sir John was speaking at yesterday’s session of the Commission of Inquir...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 20-year-old woman was in the intensive care unit today after a serious traffic collision in Smith’s yesterday afternoon.
A police spokesman said that at about 6.35pm yesterday officers responded to reports of a collision between a truck and a motor...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ratings agency Standard & Poors has reaffirmed Bermuda’s A+ sovereign credit and long and short term debt ratings, the finance minister announced last night.
The reaffirmation of Bermuda's A+ long-term sovereign credit and senior unsecured debt rati...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Travellers, including Bermudians, who arrive on the island without proof of vaccination against the coronavirus will be under a requirement to quarantine “until there is no longer a global pandemic”, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt was speakin...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The developers behind the St Regis hotel project have asked for retroactive approval for several changes to the hotel's design weeks before it is set to open.
An application, submitted to the Development Applications Board this week on behalf of dev...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Reaching herd immunity against the coronavirus in a month’s time could prove elusive, but the island’s ultimate goal is to eliminate local transmission of the virus, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt said the target was for 70 per cent of the po...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians are being urged to support an appeal to help people in St Vincent where a volcanic eruption has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents.
The West Indian Association for St Vincent and the Grenadines (WIA), said plumes of ash from ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell