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A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Students at Somersfield Academy will move into remote learning from Monday, according to a letter to parents from the Principal.
Somersfield principal Carlos Symonds said in the letter that the school has not had a positive case but added: “With the ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Repairs at Darrell’s Wharf and the railings at Flatts Bridge are to be awarded to contractors next week.
Other “shovel ready” infrastructure works put out for quotes under the Government’s stimulus programme are works on Artemis buildings, highway fe...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A sex assault case which has taken almost three years and 22 court hearings to come to trial was adjourned again this week, despite a magistrate’s insistence that it could be delayed no longer.
The complainant told The Royal Gazette that each delay w...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A woman fired for her “autocratic” management style has had her unfair dismissal award slashed by the Supreme Court.
In a written judgment dated March 23, Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams upheld a finding that Marie-Josee Caesar was improperly dism...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of active cases of Covid-19 has jumped to 184 as the Ministry of Health last night confirmed another 34 cases of the virus in Bermuda.
The new cases – from among 1,191 test results received by the Ministry – included one case imported by a...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Sail Grand Prix will go ahead without in-person spectators at Cross Island, organisers announced yesterday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for SailGP said: “While the event is very much going ahead, in light of the recent government regulations,...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two new test centres for the coronavirus have been added by the Ministry of Health for next week.
The pop-up locations are at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke and the Horseshoe Bay Beach car park in Southampton.
TCD can be used at the out...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A batch of Covid-19 vaccines was left to defrost for longer than recommended before being given to 41 people earlier this month.
Chief Medical Officer Ayoola Oyinloye sent a letter yesterday to those who received the shot at Bermuda College on the ev...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Police have called on the public to help find two people involved in a hit-and-run collision that left two men injured.
A police spokesman said that at about 9.25pm on Wednesday night, two motorcycles collided near the junction of Palmetto Road and R...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes