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A private school has announced it will use lateral flow tests for the coronavirus for its pupils and staff.
Saltus is one of several private schools to offer the tests, which will be administered at home.
Deryn Lavell, the head of the school, said th...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The principle of open government will be celebrated with countries around the world today.
A spokeswoman for the Information Commissioner’s Office said International Right to Know Day was designed “to increase individuals’ awareness of their right t...
DATE: Sep 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A free minibus service will replace public buses today, the Government revealed last night.
Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, confirmed that the Government had implemented its contingency plan after public transport staff withdrew their labour ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Doctors are launching a campaign to promote coronavirus vaccination, it was revealed at the weekend.
The news came as the Bermuda Medical Doctors Association warned that healthcare staff were “exhausted” by the battle against a Covid-19 fourth wave a...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A streamlined way to help long-term residents get permanent residency has been approved by the House of Assembly.
The changes proposed by Jason Hayward, the labour minister, opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unwed pare...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A successful businessman who founded his first company six years after he was kicked out of school was a man who liked “showing the world what was possible”.
However, Mike Marshall, whose string of businesses helped build the island over decades, pla...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
The Public Service Commission rejected the recommended candidate for the Director of Parks post after staff threatened to walk off the job, the Supreme Court heard.
Terry Lynn Thompson launched legal action against the PSC after she was passed over f...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is at the top of a global list for the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents in a table compiled by The New York Times.
The American newspaper said Bermuda averaged 109 new cases every day from last Monday to yesterday – a rate of ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Kayaks, paddleboarders and a rower completed a marathon circuit of the island yesterday to raise almost $160,000 for a charity focused on the prevention of child sex abuse.
The money will be used to help fund free training for adults by Saving Childr...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Hurricane Sam became a Category 4 storm early yesterday and packed winds of up to 184mph.
It is not ranked as a threat to the island at present – but the 6am forecast from the Bermuda Weather Service showed the storm moving west-northwest at 8mph, sw...
DATE: Sep 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell