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A Canadian businessman who moved to Bermuda as a digital nomad and donated half a million dollars to support island businesses and frontline workers said he did it to help the place he now calls home.
Sean McNulty, 35, who has been living on the isla...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Bermudian who joined the United States Marine Corps has stood down from active service after a stellar career of more than 21 years.
But Dathan Byrd, who retired with a doctorate in education and as a senior Non-Commissioned Officer with the rank o...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
No new coronavirus cases were recorded today, the health ministry said last night.
A total of 1,607 cases came back to health officials and all were clear.
There are five active cases, with one in hospital.
The rest are being monitored by public heal...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Hollywood royalty Catherine Zeta-Jones felt “most at home” when she lived in Bermuda, she has revealed in a magazine interview.
The globe-trotting Welsh star, married to superstar actor Michael Douglas, said she valued the privacy the family had on ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermuda College student who faced a $3,000 fine for a breach of the Government curfew was instead given 150 hours of community service yesterday.
Magistrate Craig Attridge gave Cree Codington, 21, handed out the sentence in Magistrates’ Court after...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A total of six motorists appeared in Magistrates’ Court this week for traffic offences - with one accused of travelling at more than three times the speed limit.
A police spokesman said that a man, aged 52, denied speeding at 109km/h - almost 68mph -...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A fledgling charity hopes to raise awareness of epilepsy in Bermuda and create a safety net for those who live with the condition.
Jasmine DeBraga said she was told she had epilepsy when she was 15, but had not discussed it in public until Monday whe...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three Bermudian students have got a cash boost from the English Speaking Union in the organisation’s education grants for the next academic year.
Cree Dunn, 18 and 19-year-old Jaylen Simons were awarded grants of $3,000 and Riley Jackson, 18, receive...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parents of three-year-olds will have to wait to register their children for a preschool programme, the Ministry of Education said today.
Registration for the Bright Start Programme, which was scheduled to be held between yesterday and tomorrow, has b...
DATE: Jun 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Fewer than 40 per cent of staff in long-term care centres have full immunisation against Covid-19, health ministry estimates have revealed.
The ministry, in response to a public access to information request from The Royal Gazette, said an estimated...
DATE: Jun 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways