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The Opposition Senate Leader has called for a change in how the Senate handles budget debates.
Ben Smith said that while the Opposition determines what ministries are debated in the budget debate and the duration of the debates, there is not always a...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A private school will hold its first inter-house cricket match to raise money for pupils who struggle to afford school fees.
Saltus Grammar School started a week of cricket-themed fundraising events on Monday that will culminate in its first ever Sal...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A charity for autistic children yesterday announced a host of events to highlight April as Autism Awareness Month.
Tomorrow’s Voices plans to hold five fundraisers and campaign events, some of them online, from Friday and running into April.
Thea Fur...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Another 40 cases of Covid-19 were confirmed last night after the latest round of testing.
The Ministry of Health announced that the new cases were found among 1,197 new test results.
Nine of the new cases were imported, while 21 were the result of lo...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Education will not yet make public the number of submissions it received in the consultation on education reform.
A ministry spokeswoman said that such information will only be released when a report currently being compiled that wil...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An alleged gunman insisted yesterday that he was not involved in a daylight attack on Court Street on Mother’s Day.
Jahmico Trott, 33, also denied he offered a man $20,000 to give false information during his appeal case or that he threatened the sam...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Increased restrictions on visitors will be introduced at the island’s hospitals because of the recent surge of the UK variation of Covid-19.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said a raft of restrictions will come into effect at both King Edward VII Memoria...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A second potential Covid-19 case has been identified at Elliot Primary School and a case has been identified at Bermuda High School.
It comes as a new case was reported at Warwick Academy where the secondary department will go into remote learning to...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda is to join forces with Fort Lauderdale, Florida on collaborative marketing to attract super yachts to both destinations.
The memorandum of understanding is for a two-year partnership to “entice vessels leaving one destination to head to the o...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Campaigners for victims of sex abuse have backed proposed legislation designed to target “revenge porn”.
Laurie Shiell, the executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, said that the law would be a step in the right direction – but added that the ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes