153642 results returned for search: "" category "News"
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Event
|
AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
Almost half the population will be able to get the double shot of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after fresh supplies of the drug arrive this week.
Government House confirmed today that 15,210 doses of vaccine, along with ancillary equipment, will be br...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government said that Northlands Primary School will be open today, despite concerns of a Covid-19 contamination at the facility.
The Ministry of Health’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit identified a potential exposure this morning, but ruled that ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A champion of the Girl Guides who was appointed a Member of the British Empire for her services to young people on the island has died.
Joan Wilkie was 99.
Bruce Wilkie, her son, said Ms Wilkie was “a vigorous, concerned and dedicated woman to Bermud...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
General
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A total of $11 million has been committed to new buses – but the size of the fleet is to shrink from 88 vehicles to 70.
The news of the more than 20 per cent cut came as Lawrence Scott the transport minister, said the first of 30 electric buses, wort...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Transport
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews died yesterday after a decade-long battle with cancer.
Ms Jacobs Matthews, who was 69, served from 2009 to 2016 and was responsible for the island’s financial reporting through the turbulence of the Grea...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Obituaries
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
People who went to two nightspots last week should get an urgent test for the coronavirus, a health official warned last night.
The health ministry spokeswoman said customers at Legends Bar, on Somerset Road, Sandys between March 6 and March 12 may ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police broke up a birthday party that breached Covid-19 regulations on Sunday night.
A police spokesman said the organiser, a 40-year-old woman, was reported for prosecution.
The venue, said to be a guest house in the East End, was not identified.
A ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s travel health status was today upgraded for the second time this month by the US Centres for Disease Control.
A spokeswoman for the US Consulate said the island was moved from Level 3 to Level 2 - “Covid-19 moderate“.
Bermuda’s status was s...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Court reports were ordered on a man who admitted growing eight cannabis plants at his home in Devonshire.
Kiwadme Roberts, 40, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a single count of cultivating cannabis in an increased penalty zone.
The court hear...
DATE: Mar 16, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
