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Bermudians travelling to the UK will need to quarantine on arrival from next Monday, the UK Government announced today.
Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, said that the UK will shut all air travel corridors as the country attempted to control...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Scam artists are circulating e-mails asking recipients to provide personal information in order to claim cash prizes.
The Bermuda Police Service is urging residents to avoid responding to the hoax correspondence, warning that “if it’s too good to be...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Efforts are under way to protect Bermuda’s native seagrass beds – and the species that rely on them to survive.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the ministry launched a restoration project last summer, installing large mesh cages over...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of three new cases of coronavirus have been detected – two classed as on-island transmissions with known contacts.
The third was a resident who flew home on the Air Canada flight last Friday from Toronto, and tested positive on the Day 4 test...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The owners of a luxury resort responsible for the desecration of a graveyard said they had taken steps to protect the historic site and ensure that it was maintained “in perpetuity”.
A lawyer for the owners of the Rosewood Bermuda resort and golf cou...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The leader of an anti-substance abuse charity said it hoped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help the organisation expand.
Leslie Grant, the executive director of Focus Counselling Services, added there were plans for building proj...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Men who struggled with substance abuse problems have revealed how a charity had helped them make positive changes in their lives.
Clients of Focus Counselling Services said the organisation’s programmes supported their paths to recovery.
One, whose ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Black nurse who cared for civil rights activist, parliamentarian and doctor EF Gordon on his deathbed has died.
Moira Cann, 90, shielded Dr Gordon from the racist treatment she endured at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital during segregation unt...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Fossil fuel-powered vehicles should be replaced by electric ones as early as 2030 to protect the environment, a conservationist has said.
David Wingate also recommended new the establishment of clean public transport on the Railway Trail to help slow...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A “wholesale review”of Bermuda’s tax system will be completed by the end of the year after legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday.
The Tax Reform Commission Amendment Act 2020 – which will enable the Minister of Finance to set up the commissi...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan