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The island’s general hospital is to be lit in green to promote good mental health, it was announced yesterday.
Preston Swan, the vice-president of clinical operations at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute, will today light up the KEMH in the interna...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A total of 40 new coronavirus cases were recorded over the weekend, it was revealed last night.
The number of cases with no history of travel or links to known cases is 36 and all are under investigation.
The infections were among 2,181 test results ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Firefighters tonight tackled a car engulfed in flames.
Six firefighters from Clearwater Station responded to an alert about a burning vehicle.
A Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the team, who wore breathing gear, “quickly extinguished t...
DATE: Dec 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government has halved the cost of running the Legal Aid Office after introducing cost-cutting measures, the legal affairs minister has revealed.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, also the Attorney General, said the service had reduced its costs from $2.66 mill...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A curfew has been reintroduced after the island logged 86 new cases of the coronavirus in six days, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt told the House of Assembly that the curfew would apply from 11pm to 5am from tomorrow until December 22 at lea...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Legislation to lay the framework for legal cannabis in Bermuda was yesterday tabled in the House of Assembly
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and the Minister of Legal Affairs said the Cannabis Licensing Act 2020 would open the door for the l...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The closure of almost half of Bermuda’s 18 primary schools was yesterday proposed as part of a plan to change the education system.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the Government wanted to slash the number of primary schools from 18 to te...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A controversial change to labour relations law to allow non-union members a vote on whether a workplace should retain union representation was approved by MPs last night.
The change means all workers in a bargaining unit, including non-union staff, w...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines is not expected to arrive in Bermuda until early next month, the health minister said yesterday.
Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that Bermuda was expected to receive more than 9,000 doses of the Pfizer C...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of the theft of a car owned by a Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier and of driving in a dangerous manner appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Neko Cann, 44, pleaded not guilty to the theft of the car and a total of 19 other items owned...
DATE: Dec 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson