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Prison officials have stonewalled questions on claims that a Westgate inmate has been in isolation for a month after he refused to take a coronavirus PCR nasal test on medical grounds.
The inmate’s mother claimed the man could have been exposed to C...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Schoolchildren could be back at their desks by next Monday, it was revealed yesterday.
Deryn Lavell, the head of school at Saltus Grammar, said in a letter to parents and guardians: “We are currently waiting for Government confirmation for a full ret...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More meteorologists have warned the next hurricane season could be busier than average – although not predicted to match the record-breaking 2020 season.
The Weather Company and North Carolina State University have said that warm surface waters and h...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island had its wettest April for five years, the head of the weather service said yesterday.
But Mark Guishard, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service, added that the weather was likely to ease up for May and June as unusually harsh winter w...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A motorcyclist could face almost $14,000 worth of fines for two breaches of the Covid-19 curfew and a string of traffic offences.
Harrison Gibbons, 53, was fined $7,050 and banned from the roads for 18 months at Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded gu...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former daycare worker was yesterday given a two-year conditional discharge after she admitted an assault on a five-year-old boy.
Magistrates’ Court heard how the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was “petrified” after Lenai Caines...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man yesterday denied a breach of the Covid-19 curfew and damaging an electronic tag.
Eli Hill, 44, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the Government’s 8pm to 6am curfew and causing $150 worth of damage to the monitoring device....
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A duo of gas stations have teamed up to give 10 per cent gas discounts to cab drivers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Esso Warwick and Esso Crawl Hill said the discount scheme, which started last Saturday, would run to the end of July, but could be ex...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Fishing has been banned in an area north of St George’s until the end of June to protect a species of fish.
A Government notice said that Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, had ordered an immediate prohibition of fishing in a fish aggregation a...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bus and ferry riders got a bonus this week with the Ministry of Transport extending April passes for both services into May.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said it had been “a trying time for all of us”.
He added: “We know that there have be...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell