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A string of surgeries have been called off over the past year because of a shortage of beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Fifty-four elective procedures had to be postponed from April 2020 through this month, some shortly before they were sch...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Governor, Rena Lalgie, has had her first experience of a Bermuda tradition – picking Easter Lilies as a gift to send to the Queen.
Ms Lalgie and her family took part in the event at Windybank Farm earlier this week.
The flowers left Bermuda for ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Corporation of Hamilton has lost a legal fight against legislation that would end municipal elections in favour of appointed leadership.
While the municipality had argued the Municipalities Amendment Act 2019 was unconstitutional because it amoun...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to ban “revenge porn” was yesterday approved unanimously by Senators.
They said the Criminal Code Amendment (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2021 was a much needed tool to combat the weaponisation of intimate photographs an...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of Health has warned the public to be wary of false information on social media about Covid-19
Kim Wilson said that the Government was aware of a fake e-mail image claiming to be from the Department of Health claiming that a stay at home...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda recorded another 60 positive cases of the Covid-19 virus yesterday, bringing the number of active cases to a record 476.
The positive results were among a batch of 1,660 tests delivered to the department of health.
It is the third highest dai...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Belco is advising the public to take care when flying kites over the Easter weekend.
The electricity provider said that kites frequently get tangled in power lines, causing not only blackouts, but also potentially hazardous situations.
Shelly Leman, ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Somersfield Academy has announced the appointment of Peter Howe as their next Head of School.
Mr Howe, an educator native to Canada, will take the reins at the start of the 2021/22 school year after the retirement of Carlos Symonds, the incumbent sch...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Senators rubber-stamped a number of bills relating to Covid-19 safety regulations during tyesterday’s session of the upper house.
A government order extending a state of emergency to April 25 was supported by all senators.
And both the Public Health ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A 22-year-old Pembroke man shot several times yesterday in Somers Gardens in St George's is recovering in hospital.
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith of the serious crime unit said two suspects are believed to have ridden to the scene on a motorcycle fr...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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