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A child mental health specialist said that being in nature was especially important for families working or teaching from home because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Gwendolyn Creary highlighted that a shift to online classes and meetings could leave p...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A hunt has been launched for a new head of the prison service.
The Commissioner of Corrections post was advertised three and a half years after Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Lamb, the last permanent commissioner, was seconded to the National Anti-Money ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A union representative has been branded “treasonous” by a teaching union.
Leonard Santucci, the Bermuda Union of Teachers representative at the Berkeley Institute, came under attack in a union internal memo after he highlighted claimed breaches of th...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Three more deaths from Covid-19 have brought the island’s toll from the coronavirus to 92, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that there were 35 new cases out of 5,141 test results that came back to health officials si...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It was a tumultuous scene – hundreds of euphoric students cheering their hero Flora Duffy as her motorcade wound through their school grounds.
As part of her welcome back to Bermuda tour, Flora visited her old school, Warwick Academy, and for some yo...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Flora Duffy was hailed a national hero as she returned home yesterday for the first time since she won gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
It was a day of celebration for the entire island as Bermuda welcomed its most successful athlete with a reception fit ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Pupils from three more schools went back to their classrooms today as remote learning is gradually phased out.
Victor Scott Primary, Prospect Primary and Purvis Primary, opened for the first time since last month.
Yesterday Gilbert Institute, Port Ro...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A rare bird was tracked flying over Bermuda as part of an 18,000 mile migration from South America to the Arctic Circle and back.
The bird, a red knot, was tagged with a tracking device by researchers in New Jersey last August and was tracked to Berm...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Portuguese language school for children has recruited a new teacher.
The Portuguese Cultural Association of Bermuda said Lidia Silvia, who has taught the language in Bermuda for a year from her home in London by Zoom, would be moving to the island....
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Hamilton Bermuda Hospitals Board public reception desk has been closed until further notice.
Bill Shields, the chief financial officer of the BHB, said that face-to-face contact had to be restricted because of the “high risk of coronavirus infect...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
