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Public schools will open for in-class learning from Wednesday, it has been announced.
The Royal Gazette understands that parents of public school pupils were notified of the decision last night in an e-mail from Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A tourist called yesterday for a restricted-breed dog that savaged her to be put down.
Abigail Alldis was bitten several times on her right arm and needed stitches to her wounds.
She also suffered bruised ribs and cuts and abrasions to her leg and a...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Environmental organisations and governments will have to focus on better co-operation in the fight against climate change this year, campaigners warned yesterday.
Andrew Vaucrosson, the executive director for the Bermuda National Trust, said it would...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Government has revealed more than $1.1 million in contracts related to modernisation of the water and wastewater system in St George’s Parish.
The Official Gazette said Bermuda Land Development Company paid Milhouse Engineering and Construction $...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines has now arrived on the island.
Health Minister Kim Wilson confirmed the news after a British Airways flight carrying more than 9,000 doses of the drug touched down at L.F. Wade airport shortly after 6pm yesterday....
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Flights between Bermuda and the Azores will be able to carry more than 180 passengers, operators have said.
SATA Azores Airlines confirmed its plans for the weekly service to run this summer.
A spokesman said that the route, from Ponta Delgada on São...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three Bermudian women who smuggled almost $70,000 of cocaine into Britain through “internal concealments” have been jailed.
Catara Mattie, 20, Shantori Daniels, 23, and Shaliquah Talbot, 27, were questioned by officials after arriving at Gatwick on a...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The virtual world forced by the coronavirus pandemic will dominate discussions at a digital conference for young people next month.
The theme of the Digital Leadership Conference will be “Thriving in a Virtual World”.
The conference, the largest for ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Supreme Court has upheld a decision not to charge two policemen over allegations of attempted rape of a fellow officer.
Mark Pettingill, the lawyer for the complainant, argued Larry Mussenden, the then Director of Public Prosecutions made “danger...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government schools will be holding virtual open houses for pupils planning to enrol in September.
According to the Ministry of Education, open houses will take place on the Zoom video-conferencing app and will be recorded and uploaded onto the Bermud...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan