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Bermuda’s travel health status was today upgraded for the second time this month by the US Centres for Disease Control.
A spokeswoman for the US Consulate said the island was moved from Level 3 to Level 2 - “Covid-19 moderate“.
Bermuda’s status was s...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Court reports were ordered on a man who admitted growing eight cannabis plants at his home in Devonshire.
Kiwadme Roberts, 40, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a single count of cultivating cannabis in an increased penalty zone.
The court hear...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two veterans of the civil service who died this month were yesterday honoured by the Bermuda Public Services Union.
Joseph Christopher, 77, was a former Commissioner of Education and education historian, and Kenneth Richardson, a former Cabinet Secre...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A proposed fish processing plant could help open up an international market, a veteran fisherman said yesterday.
Alan Card added that the $1.07 million East End project designed to give Bermuda’s fishing industry a boost and help fishermen sell their...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Thousands of homes across the island were hit by a power cut last night.
But a spokesman for Belco said that electricity restored to all its affected customers by about 10pm.
Wayne Caines, the firm’s president, apologised for the “unexpected” outage...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A beach at Admiralty Park will be closed for more than a month for repairs to a hurricane-damaged wall.
A spokesman for the Department of Parks said construction work started yesterday and beach access would be prohibited until work finished at the e...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Pembroke students were yesterday warned “not to wait until the last minute” to apply for the Parish Council’s annual scholarship and grants for study at Bermuda College.
The PPC is now accepting applications, which are limited to high school leavers ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bird lovers will get the chance to learn more about one of the island’s species at a virtual lecture this month.
Janice Hetzel of the Bermuda Audubon Society will explain why eastern bluebirds need support at this time of year – and how residents can...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The intersection of literacy, language variation, and poverty will be explored in virtual workshop given by a University of California expert at the Bermuda College.
A College spokeswoman said Dr. Julie Washington, the Director of the Dialect, Povert...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Dellwood Middle School will open today following a risk assessment after a potential Covid-19 exposure, the Ministry of Education said tonight.
In a statement at 10.19pm last night, the Minister of Education, Diallo Rabain, said: “The Ministry of Edu...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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