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Bermuda has recorded its 12th death from Covid-19, health officials said last night.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “This loss is devastating.
“My heart is heavy with the news of another death due to Covid-19.
“I mourn with the family, fr...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An arrest has been made after police reopened an investigation into the case of a baby who suffered a serious head injury in 2018, The Royal Gazette has learned.
The child, then aged one, was flown overseas for medical treatment after he was at firs...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A lack of preparation and a failure to connect with voters led to the One Bermuda Alliance’s overwhelming defeat at the last General Election, the party’s leader admitted yesterday.
But Cole Simons, who took the reins about a month after the October ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Rest home residents will be first in line to get the Covid-19 vaccine after a consignment from the UK arrives today.
A team of medics will visit rest homes across the island from Monday to administer the drug to people who want the jab.
The team will...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The legal battle over same-sex marriage will be heard by the Privy Council in London next month, the court has confirmed.
The Government has appealed against judgments in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal that sections of the Domestic Partnership...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former teacher of roads death victim Oronde Wilson Jr said yesterday he was a promising student with a gift for science.
Mr Wilson, 28, died on Monday after his motorcycle crashed on Middle Road in Southampton.
It marked the first road death of 202...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A pair of murals created to celebrate the Black Lives Matter movement and peaceful protest were unveiled in the Hamilton yesterday.
The murals were created as part of the Peaceful Art Protest Mural Project, a collaboration between the Bermuda Nationa...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The former chief operating officer of the Bermuda Tourism Authority has taken the helm as the new head of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
Karla Lacey – one of the founding members of the BTA’s executive – stepped down from the organisat...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man yesterday denied a string of drugs and ammunition charges.
Edward Albuoy, 27, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of cocaine, heroin, MDMA and THC with intent to supply.
He also pleaded not guilty yesterday to possession of ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A container ship bound for New York diverted to Bermuda on Monday night after a medical emergency on board.
But the rescue mission was aborted the next morning after the crew member – a 51-year-old Indian – died.
RCC Bermuda was called at 7.30pm on M...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes