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A teenager murdered almost a decade ago was honoured by a youth adventure charity yesterday with a resource centre named after him.
Raleigh Bermuda opened Malcolm’s Room yesterday at its headquarters in Midsea Lane, Pembroke, in honour Malcolm Outerb...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A total of eight new cases of the coronavirus were identified over the weekend and all but one had no link to travel, the Minister of Health revealed last night.
Kim Wilson said the positive test results were among 2,044 that came back to health offi...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Cabinet will tomorrow examine the imposition of “additional restrictions” to slow the spread of Covid-19, the Premier said this afternoon.
David Burt tweeted: “The information reaching my office is that precautions around the country have not kept up...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Penalties for the killing of protected species may be increased in the wake of The Royal Gazette’s report last week on the killing of parrotfish, it was announced today.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said he was outraged to learn of the k...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Christian Science Society of Bermuda will hold its Thanksgiving Day service this week.
A society spokeswoman said: “The service is our expression of gratitude in support of our community.”
The service will be held at 6pm on Thursday at the Sunsh...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Police today warned that checks on licensed premises to ensure compliance with Covid-19 rules would continue after a clampdown was launched last week.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said: “The BPS will continue to carry out checks ove...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda College will host a virtual conference on Saturday aimed at helping educators to better teach reading, especially to primary school students.
The conference, entitled “Reading Success for Every Child: Teaching Reading is Rocket Science”,...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Children and staff at a total of three schools and a nursery have been told to quarantine out of an “abundance of caution” over the coronavirus, the Government said last night.
Primary two pupils and some teachers at St George’s Preparatory School w...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A pair of defendants were sent to Supreme Court after they were accused of a conspiracy to smuggle $173,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda.
Tyrone Burchall, 48, and Angela Simmons, 55, were charged in Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday with two counts of...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man jailed for three years for a string of sex offences against a schoolgirl has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal.
Kenneth Williams was found guilty of offences against a child under the age of 14 last year.
But lawyers asked for t...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan