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DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
An animal welfare charity said it had been flooded by pets handed in by owners forced to leave the island because of the economic impact of Covid-19.
Kate Terceira, the executive director for the Bermuda SPCA, said the charity had seen “a dramatic ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An economic recovery plan for Bermuda will include high-earning new industries such as medical tourism, vertical farming and residential schemes, MPs heard this morning.
Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, added the casino industry, sub-sea commu...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Vaccination against the coronavirus today opened to all residents over the age of 16.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, told the House of Assembly that the Government’s vaccination campaign was “our best chance of moving beyond the pandemic”.
She said...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The process for Bermudians to get status for their children born overseas will be made easier under a new policy announced by the labour minister today.
Jason Hayward told MPs this morning that Bermudian parents living abroad will no longer have to ...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A love of the law that started in high school has led to a Call to the Bar.
Amelia Oatley thanked magistrate Maxanne Anderson and senior magistrate Juan Wolffe, who she said “inspired, encouraged and supported me throughout my journey”.
She added: “I...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new round of Covid-19 restrictions is a “body blow” to the hospitality sector’s bid to bounce back from the crisis, a top restaurateur said last night.
Phillip Barnett of Island Restaurant Group, which owns the Hog Penny, Brew and the Pickled Onio...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Teachers and pupils at three primary schools were ordered into quarantine at the weekend after potential Covid-19 exposures were identified.
West Pembroke Primary School staff and pupils were told by health officials last night that an exposure had b...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A palm tree transported from Bermuda more than 200 years ago to a Scottish botanical gardens is to face the axe.
The Bermuda palmetto tree, Sabal Bermudana, which arrived at the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh in the 1790s and is the oldest palm t...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
