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An anti-racism group will hold a second virtual training seminar on restorative practices.
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda will hold the training on January 22 and January 23. People people can register by contacting CURB at admin@uprootingracis...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Health Council is hold a virtual panel discussion this week on the health of seniors during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ricky Braithwaite, the chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council, and Kieran Walsh, the clinical director of the Britis...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Premier yesterday urged the island’s Black population to reject “vaccine hesitancy” as he got one of the first Covid-19 jabs.
David Burt said resistance to getting the injection was down to “historic” and “legacy” problems, but appealed to people...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two men in their 80s today were yesterday the first public recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Robert Gibbons and Horace Rollins got their jabs at a special vaccination centre in Devonshire - and said they were delighted by the process.
Dr Gibbons, 8...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A collection of Bermuda banknotes from the 1960s has sold for more than $7,000 at auction.
A mint-condition ₤10 pre-decimalisation bill which was never circulated sold for $3,750 – by far the highest price tag of the 425 lots that went under the hamm...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Covid-19 vaccine registration hotline has been swamped with calls.
One man, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday that the hotline was a “disaster” after he had made several unsuccessful attempts to get through.
He added: “I must have trie...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bus cancellations are expected to double this week after negotiations with the Bermuda Minibus Association to provide schools services collapsed.
Roger Todd, the director of the Department of Public Transportation, said that bus cancellations, around...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda marked the second road death of 2021 after a motorcycle rider crashed just before 1am yesterday.
A police spokesman said officers found an unconscious man with a severe leg injury in the road about 1am.
They gave CPR to the victim, a 35-year-...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Covid-19 patient is in critical care out of eight in hospital, health officials said last night.
They added four more people had tested positive for the coronavirus out of 1,427 new test results that came back today.
One was a visitor who arrived...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
British Airways will this week cut back on flights between Bermuda and London as the UK battles the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Skyport spokeswoman said the BA service between the island and London would be reduced from five flights a week to two from Thurs...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes