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Hospital staff and healthcare workers began receiving their Covid-19 vaccinations this morning at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
BHB staff said this morning there was a “buzz” about the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine among healthcare professionals and t...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will get its first casino in 2021, the Premier has pledged.
David Burt said the island’s banks had been the only block to the gambling industry – for more than six years after the legislation was approved.
But he added that problems had been...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Exactly 100 days after David Burt led his Progressive Labour Party to an historic landslide election victory on October 1, 2020, the Premier sat down with The Royal Gazette for an exclusive interview on Friday. This is the full interview.
Will t...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier said new products were being created in the financial technology sector – although progress was slower than he had wanted.
Mr Burt admitted: “I would have liked it to advance faster.
“But I think we are in a far better position as a count...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The US Consul General has condemned violence in the wake of an invasion of the heart of American government by backers of President Donald Trump.
Lee Rizzuto, a supporter of Mr Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, tweeted on Friday in the aftermath of...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A barrister said he was stunned to be told on Christmas Eve he had been rejected for jobs as a Legal Aid lawyer – after two years’ work as a consultant with the office.
Paul Wilson added that two applications he submitted to become a permanent staff ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Bermudian doctor who works with Covid-19 patients in the coronavirus-ravaged UK yesterday appealed to island residents to get a vaccination.
Stephanie Smith said she was horrified to watch the fear of patients as they died without their loved ones ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Some of the millions of dollars that went missing from a loan to a failed hotel development has been recovered, a source has said.
But the insider warned that substantial sums had been spent on legal bills and other service in the five-year court bat...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier will be among the the first to get a coronavirus vaccination tomorrow at a special medical centre set up to deliver the jabs.
The Pfizer vaccine, which arrived in Bermuda on Friday from the UK, will go to the first recipients at 10am.
Dav...
DATE: Jan 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Minister of Education today urged teachers, parents and pupils to follow health and safety restrictions when they return to the classroom on Wednesday.
As previously reported by The Royal Gazette, in class teaching will resume in all schools fo...
DATE: Jan 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell