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Exactly 100 days after David Burt led his Progressive Labour Party to an historic landslide election victory on October 1, 2020, the Premier sat down with The Royal Gazette for an exclusive interview on Friday. This is the full interview.
Will t...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier said new products were being created in the financial technology sector – although progress was slower than he had wanted.
Mr Burt admitted: “I would have liked it to advance faster.
“But I think we are in a far better position as a count...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The US Consul General has condemned violence in the wake of an invasion of the heart of American government by backers of President Donald Trump.
Lee Rizzuto, a supporter of Mr Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, tweeted on Friday in the aftermath of...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A barrister said he was stunned to be told on Christmas Eve he had been rejected for jobs as a Legal Aid lawyer – after two years’ work as a consultant with the office.
Paul Wilson added that two applications he submitted to become a permanent staff ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A Bermudian doctor who works with Covid-19 patients in the coronavirus-ravaged UK yesterday appealed to island residents to get a vaccination.
Stephanie Smith said she was horrified to watch the fear of patients as they died without their loved ones ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Some of the millions of dollars that went missing from a loan to a failed hotel development has been recovered, a source has said.
But the insider warned that substantial sums had been spent on legal bills and other service in the five-year court bat...
DATE: Jan 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier will be among the the first to get a coronavirus vaccination tomorrow at a special medical centre set up to deliver the jabs.
The Pfizer vaccine, which arrived in Bermuda on Friday from the UK, will go to the first recipients at 10am.
Dav...
DATE: Jan 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Minister of Education today urged teachers, parents and pupils to follow health and safety restrictions when they return to the classroom on Wednesday.
As previously reported by The Royal Gazette, in class teaching will resume in all schools fo...
DATE: Jan 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A total of six new cases of the coronavirus were logged today.
The positives were among 886 test results that came back to health officials.
One case came in on the Delta flight from Atlanta on Thursday who tested positive on arrival.
The other five...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A total of five new cases of the coronavirus were announced last night.
The positives were among 896 tests that came back to health officials today.
The news meant the number of active cases has risen by three to 94.
One of the new cases came in fro...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan