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The number of groups exempted from supervised quarantine rules has been slashed, it was revealed tonight.
A Government spokeswoman said that the seven exempted categories for non-vaccinated arrivals had been cut to three in response to the spread of ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Industrial Union today put pressure on the Government to change its policy to force unvaccinated arrivals to undergo a mandatory two week supervised quarantine.
The union also asked the Bermuda Hotel Association to rethink its requirement...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The One Bermuda Alliance this morning called on the Government to change its mind on preventing unvaccinated Bermudians who do not pay for the mandatory quarantine in a hotel returning to the island.
Shadow health minister Michael Dunkley said the mo...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The City of Hamilton today announced garbage collection changes for the holiday weekend.
A spokeswoman man said there would be:
• No residential trash collection or pick-up of kitchen oils until next Tuesday.
• Collection will be carried out as norma...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Water safety watchdogs today highlighted rules to avoid dangers at sea over the holiday weekend.
Michael Weeks, the chairman of the Water Safety Council, said most Covid-19 restrictions would be lifted on Sunday – but called on boaters and jet ski ri...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Police will be out in force to check for Covid-19 regulation breaches over the holiday weekend – as well as conducting speed and drink driving checkpoints.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said: “As part of our efforts to help make this...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Juneteenth is one of the oldest celebrations commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, a military decree was announced in Galveston, Texas, informing enslaved people in the Confederate state that they were free.
Today ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Five new coronavirus cases were recorded last night.
The infections were among 1,818 results that came back to health ministry officials.
All the cases came in on flights from the US and Britain on Tuesday.
Two were residents who arrived on the JetBl...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A 56-year-old man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a daylight attack at a ferry dock remained in intensive care last night.
Inspector Peter Stableford said the shooting, which happened at 7.30pm on Wednesday, had caused life threatening injuri...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who dived into the sea to pull a close friend from an overturned car yesterday won the Hero of the Year award from a charity dedicated to children.
Larry Simmons Jr, 24, said he was “over the moon” when the Kiwanis Club of St George gave him th...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson