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Walk-in service at the Department of Ageing and Disability Services has been put on hold due to the recent surge of Covid-19 cases.
A spokeswoman said the Department will remain open and accept telephone calls on 292-7802 between 8.45am and 4.45pm o...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An appeal has been launched to raise more than $200,000 to cover the cost of the hospital’s Covid vaccination clinic.
The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation (BCHF), the fundraising arm of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, has launched the appeal sayi...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Butterfield Bank announced today that staffing levels in their Bermuda banking centres will temporarily be reduced as they return to split teams working alternating shifts beginning on Monday.
Banking centres in Hamilton, Somerset and St George will ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Students at Somersfield Academy will move into remote learning from Monday, according to a letter to parents from the Principal.
Somersfield principal Carlos Symonds said in the letter that the school has not had a positive case but added: “With the ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Repairs at Darrell’s Wharf and the railings at Flatts Bridge are to be awarded to contractors next week.
Other “shovel ready” infrastructure works put out for quotes under the Government’s stimulus programme are works on Artemis buildings, highway fe...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A sex assault case which has taken almost three years and 22 court hearings to come to trial was adjourned again this week, despite a magistrate’s insistence that it could be delayed no longer.
The complainant told The Royal Gazette that each delay w...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A woman fired for her “autocratic” management style has had her unfair dismissal award slashed by the Supreme Court.
In a written judgment dated March 23, Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams upheld a finding that Marie-Josee Caesar was improperly dism...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of active cases of Covid-19 has jumped to 184 as the Ministry of Health last night confirmed another 34 cases of the virus in Bermuda.
The new cases – from among 1,191 test results received by the Ministry – included one case imported by a...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Sail Grand Prix will go ahead without in-person spectators at Cross Island, organisers announced yesterday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for SailGP said: “While the event is very much going ahead, in light of the recent government regulations,...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes