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Strict new quarantine rules that came into force were today outlined by the national security ministry.
All non-immunised travellers will be put in a 14-day mandatory quarantine at an authorised hotel at their own expense, unless they can get an exem...
DATE: Jun 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Delta variant - also known as the Indian variant - of the coronavirus may have been identified on the island.
The variant, considered to be more virulent than other forms of Covid-19 and currently driving an upsurge in cases in the UK and elsewh...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A fresh attack on controversial plans to enforce unvaccinated arrivals to quarantine in hotels at their own expense was mounted yesterday – from the Government side of the House of Assembly.
Progressive Labour Party MPs broke ranks during a debate in...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A historic buildings charity clashed with the Government yesterday after it was confirmed a historic Hamilton house would be demolished.
A Bermuda National Trust spokeswoman said the Bermuda Housing Corporation, a government quango that owns the home...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A spike in attempted home invasions and robberies by known gang members has been logged in the last four months, the Minister of National Security said yesterday.
But Renee Ming said the Gang Violence Reduction Team continued to work to reduce the ri...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Industrial Union has yet to decide if it will take further industrial action over a long-running dispute with Government.
Unionised staff began working to rule last Friday in protest at new decertification laws that give non-unionised sta...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The death rate on the island in 2020 hit its highest levels for at least 20 years, the home affairs minister said yesterday.
Walter Roban said the number of deaths rose by 31, or 5.8 per cent, to 566 last year.
Mr Roban, speaking in the House of Asse...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Further amendments to the island’s economic substance regime were approved yesterday as the island worked to avoid a return to the EU’s blacklist.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the Economic Substance Amendment Act 2021 was designed ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of Education will be able to hand pick the deputy chairman of the Board of Education if a proposed law is approved by the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain tabled the Education Amendment (No. 2) Act 2021 in the House of Assembly yesterday...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Artworks by two young artists have been added to the Bermuda National Gallery’s permanent collection.
Gherdai Hassell’s mixed media pieces, Atlas of Afterimage and Points on the Circle and Jayde Gibbons’ photography exhibit, All The King’s Men, will...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
