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The island has set a new daily record for positive cases of the coronavirus, with 116 cases found out of 1,634 tests.
The latest result yields a 7.1 per cent positivity rate for the virus.
The surge means there have been 370 new cases in just five da...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt and others expressed their condolences to the Royal Family in the wake of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Premier said: “The world remembers a long and full life, lived to the fullest by a man of unstinting devotion to duty.
“Prin...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Individuals and organisations will be equipped with the tools to make facilities more accessible thanks to a new partnership.
The Bermuda Tourism authority has teamed up with global architecture firm OBMI to provide sessions on accessibility.
Throug...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The murder of Jordan Outerbridge was gang-related, police said yesterday.
Mr Outerbridge, a husband and father of two, was shot dead near the junction of Ord Road and Tribe Road No. 2 shortly after 10.30pm on Tuesday.
This morning police said they di...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The late Duke of Edinburgh was no stranger to Bermuda having visited the Island at least nine times.
Prince Philip died at Windsor Castle yesterday aged 99.
He was on island with the Queen for official visits in 1953, 1975, 1994 and 2009, and made sh...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Patrick Burgess
A mother who started fundraising in memory of her late teenaged son said she was “humbled” when she received $3,428 in donations in less than a week.
Antoinette Burgess said that the Kijani Burgess Dream Award made more than a quarter of their $10,00...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The son of a charity fundraiser followed in his late father’s footsteps yesterday and donated 100 handmade masks to a charity for vulnerable families.
Rashad Thompson, 43, delivered the masks to Family Centre on King Street in Hamilton in honour of h...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s 14 public schools will benefit from a donation of $90,000 thanks to the Pembroke Rotary Club.
Despite being unable to hold its annual Children’s Fair because of Covid-19 restrictions, the club was still able to raise a record amount of m...
DATE: Apr 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police last night blocked off the road near Shelly Bay after a crash that left a motorcyclist with what are believed to be life-threatening injuries.
At about 9pm, a male rider was headed west when a motorcycle collided with a car east near the junct...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
LONDON (AP) — Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of the Queen who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said today. He was 99.
His life ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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