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The first step in the biggest change in decades in Bermuda’s public education system has been approved by MPs.
Senior level “signature schools” required to offer one or more “signature learning programmes” will be introduced under the changes.
Diallo...
DATE: Mar 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The education minister tonight signalled the public school system could move to remote learning if coronavirus cases continued to increase.
Diallo Rabain said: "The decision to move to remote learning is not to be made lightly as the massive disrupti...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Premier’s Concert tomorrow was cancelled tonight - but it will go ahead on a virtual basis.
The move came after tougher health and safety regulations were introduced in the wake of a jump in coronavirus cases.
It had been planned to have close to...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of 16 new coronavirus infections were identified at the weekend - which brought the number of active cases to 68.
The news came as the Government announced tougher measures to fight a recent spike in cases – many of them the more virulent UK ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The curfew period was lengthened today in a bid to fight a spike in coronavirus cases - and the spread of the deadlier UK variant.
David Burt, the Premier, said that from tomorrow, the night-time lockdown would begin at 11pm instead of midnight, but ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A hotel was forced to shut some of its bars and restaurants after staff tested positive for the coronavirus.
The move came after some staff at Rosewood Tucker’s Point in the East End, not in customer-facing roles, were found to be infected.
The hotel...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Pupils at a middle school at the centre of a coronavirus alert have all tested clear, the Premier has announced.
David Burt posted the news on Whitney Institute Middle School in Smith’s on twitter.
He wrote: “There is a lot going on in #Bermuda, espe...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firefighters tackled a blazing truck in the early hours of Saturday.
The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service responded to a report of a fire at 4.53am on Parsons Road and St Augustine Road in Pembroke.
A fire crew found a light truck “fully involved i...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government yesterday proposed a law to outlaw “revenge porn” – the use of social media to spread intimate sexual images.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said the practice was “a new form of technology-facilitated abuse” which humiliated...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A veteran ZBM cameraman and news gatherer has died.
Arnold Landy II was 62.
Mr Landy was also known for his work as a carpenter and was a keen fisherman.
Tari Trott, a ZBM news anchor, reported on Thursday night that he and his colleagues were “dev...
DATE: Mar 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer