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Schoolchildren returned to their classrooms today as in-class learning resumed at public schools across the island.
Public schools had transitioned to remote learning in early December after a surge in cases of Covid-19 across the island.
Diallo Ra...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Claims that the Covid-19 Vaccination Centre is accepting walk-ins are “absolutely not true”, a Ministry of Health spokeswoman said today.
The spokeswoman said that the health ministry was aware of social media posts that claimed the vaccination centr...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Travellers who plan to fly to the United States will soon need to have a negative Covid-19 test before they are allowed to depart.
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday it would introduce rules to require air passengers tra...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have named the man who died in a crash earlier this week.
O’Dean Phillips lost his life after a he was involved in a motorcycle crash at about 1am on Monday.
The 35-year-old was found unconscious on North Shore Road, Devonshire, near Terceira’...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s unions will not oppose labour reform legislation to be debated in the Senate today.
But Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Service Union, and Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said in a joint stat...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island must “do something different” to stop carnage on the roads, an Assistant Commissioner of Police said last night.
Martin Weekes said he planned to discuss new approaches with the Government, as well as Dennis Lister III, the chairman of the...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Commissioner of Police is to be allowed to challenge an order to reinstate an officer fired for gross misconduct.
The Public Service Commission ruled last August that Police Constable Oswin Pereira should not have been dismissed over allegations ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An amateur photographer got the shot of a lifetime when she captured a humpback whale leaping out of the water off South Shore.
Sue Correia said yesterday: “I didn’t think the photo was that great – it was so far away, probably about 100 yards off t...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Minister of Education yesterday reassured parents that no schools will close in September.
Diallo Rabain emphasised that primary school registration would go ahead as normal later this month and in February.
He was speaking after the launch of ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Schoolchildren will be able to sit most of their exams this summer – even though tests have been cancelled in the UK because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Public and private school students on the island sit exams set by UK examination boards.
GCSEs f...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
