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Hundreds of meals were served up for Christmas by a restaurant chain that hopes to make a tradition of helping others in partnership with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Volunteers from Take Five Limited, in conjunction with the Salvation Army, del...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The traditional Boxing Day performances of Gombeys will manage to go ahead this year, with the community able to enjoy the show from a distance.
Thanks to an agreement between the island’s Gombey troupes and the Government, some of the groups will p...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s success with tourism in 2020 in spite of the chill cast by the global Covid-19 pandemic is to be highlighted on a freshly launched network.
The island reopened to air travel in July after a few months’ lockdown and has since managed to host...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
No new cases of Covid-19 were reported today.
There were 1,257 test results received by the Ministry of Health since the last update.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, welcomed the news following the island’s recent outbreak of cases but warned th...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A leading scientist for tracking the coronavirus in Bermuda reassured the public yesterday that human error rather than a “glitch” in the testing system had led to some getting sent incorrect results.
Carika Weldon apologised after 24 people were giv...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Minister of Education has defended the move to consider closing high-performing primary schools saying that all of Bermuda’s schools should be performing well.
Diallo Rabain was speaking to The Royal Gazette about government’s plans to overhaul t...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A woman driver whose car veered off the road and landed upside down in the ocean last night is being treated for minor injuries, police said yesterday.
A police spokesman said that the 28-year-old driver sustained minor injuries to her leg as well as...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The PTA president at Port Royal Primary School has expressed shock and disappointment at the news it may be closed.
Port Royal Primary is one of nine primary schools facing closure as part of government proposals to overhaul the public education syst...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A call for new blood donors has been made after donations were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre team asked residents to “give the gift of life” and become a blood donor “even if they have not donated before”.
A Ber...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Travellers coming to Bermuda from New York will be able to take a pre-travel Covid-19 saliva test from the start of next year.
The oral swab is an alternative to nasal swab testing, and will be provided by OpenClear, a testing service based in Manha...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan