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Bermuda’s cahow population is thriving after a record number of chicks were born in the past two months.
And longtails have also started to make an appearance on the island - much earlier than normal.
Jeremy Madeiros, the principal scientist at the D...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda experienced high winds and rain overnight and this morning after a low pressure system passed close to the Island.
The Bermuda Weather Service’s 6am marine forecast said a deepening low pressure was passing close by this morning, bringing s...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The two primary schools that performed best in final year exams in three core subjects over the past decade will be shut under a Government proposal to transform the education system.
St George’s Prep and St David’s PS topped a table of average score...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Police have launched an investigation into a weekend party that breached Covid-19 rules.
A police spokesman said that officers were alerted to a celebration at the Horticultural Hall in Paget’s Botanical Gardens last Friday night with more than 100 p...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
It is a task said to be “monumental” by David Burt, the Premier, and Diallo Rabain, the education minister – the transformation of the public school system to give every Bermudian child a chance to excel.
A consultation document
released in ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Government Quarry worker who became its first woman truck driver has died.
Malaika Butler-Douglas was 50.
Ms Douglas was also a taxi, bus and minibus driver as well as a soldier in the Bermuda Regiment who stayed three years longer than required an...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A man who claimed he was kidnapped and forced to smuggle heroin to Bermuda argued his sentence should be reduced because he pleaded not guilty to the offence because of bad legal advice.
Omar Davy, 40, was sentenced to 18 years in jail after he was ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A digital sales tax has been proposed by the Opposition to generate extra revenue.
Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, expanded over the weekend on his comments in his Reply to the Budget, delivered on Friday in the House of Assembly.
Mr Simon...
DATE: Mar 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A campaign group tonight appealed for a drive to end violence against women.
Social Justice Bermuda made the call on the eve of International Women’s Day, which will be marked around the world tomorrow.
The group said: “Gender-based violence is one o...
DATE: Mar 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s soldiers continue to make a valuable contribution to the campaign against Covid-19.
The Royal Bermuda Regiment has been stood down from embodiment after the lockdown was stopped.
But troops are still acting as Covid-19 marshals and helpi...
DATE: Mar 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
