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A youth sailing charity joined forces with a sailboat racing league to help educate youngsters on the science of sailing.
SailGP’s STEAM through Sailing Challenge put 13 pupils through a virtual crash course on maritime technology and engineering dur...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A woman who crashed her car on a night out was banned from the road for 18 months after she admitted being more than double the legal alcohol limit.
Annabelle Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty during a virtual Magistrates’ Court session yesterday (MON) to d...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Ministry of Education has extended the deadline for its scholarship applications until April 26 because of Covid-19.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said: "It is of paramount importance that our students can succeed in following their d...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Another person has died from Covid-19 – the 20th since the start of the pandemic – the Ministry of Health announced last night.
The announcement came as Government released its latest Covid-19 figures, which included another 91 new cases among 2,100 ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Burt, the Premier, was tonight accused by the Opposition of stoking “real tension in the community” over perceptions of unequal treatment during the coronavirus pandemic.
Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, called for “fairness and ac...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A leading lab in the island’s battle against Covid-19 marked its one-year anniversary today.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Government Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory said its first year had been “a roller coaster”.
Its director, Carika Weldon, arrived ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Clarence “Tootsie” Bean 1930-2021
A top Bermudian jazz drummer, an international performer who was integral to the island’s music heydays, has died at 90.
Clarence “Tootsie” Bean was revered among Bermuda’s musicians, many of whom he mentored.
H...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Police have again urged the public to follow guidelines and not mix households after several reported breaches over the weekend.
A police spokesman said that at 5.40pm on Friday officers responded to reports of several people gathering near Cedar Par...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Now that the stay at home order has been relaxed, companies and services are gradually re-opening or extending their in-person operating hours. This list will be continuously updated. If you wish to advise the public of a change in operating hours, p...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Lamb Foggo urgent care centre in St David’s has reopened after closing for deep cleaning following a Covid case.
On Saturday a spokeswoman for the Bermuda Hospitals Board said: “The BHB advises that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will not be o...
DATE: Apr 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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