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The restaurant where a dinner party that cost two government ministers their Cabinet seats was held has been slapped with a 14-day closure order.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said at the weekend the shutdown at Blu in Warwick would take effect fr...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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News Staff
The buy-up of two medical practices by an insurance firm has been branded a “huge conflict” by the chairman of a healthcare pressure group.
Mark Selley, the chairman of the Bermuda Healthcare Advisory Group, said that little information had been made...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A petition set up to block the introduction of 5G mobile phone technology has attracted more than 3,000 signatures.
Camilla MacPherson, of Bermuda Advocates for Safe Technology, said that there were sound scientific reasons to be wary of the dangers ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
A virtual therapy programme for young people set up in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis could become a permanent fixture, its creators have said.
Solstice, a psychological and psychiatric treatment centre, developed the Zoom-based Connect Virtual prog...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
No new cases of Covid-19 were reported today.
A total of 498 test results were received by the Ministry of Health and all were negative.
Bermuda has 150 total confirmed positive cases — four are active under active public health monitoring. None are...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The sentencing of a man who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl has been pushed back until Wednesday.
Chez Rogers, 20, was originally scheduled to be sentenced last Friday for charges of unlawful carnal knowledge and luring.
The offences took...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Middle school pupils will grow and sell vegetables as part of a new indoor farming project.
Sandys Secondary Middle School has introduced an aquaponics programme — a combination of fish and plant production using aquaculture and hydroponics — to its ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s non-profit organisations including sporting clubs and associations have been quick to take up an opportunity to boost their marketing during the slowdown of COVID-19; thanks to a scholarship offered by Cummings V Zuill Leadership Award Trus...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A 2½-year prison sentence imposed on a disgraced police officer who dumped traffic tickets for cash has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Kyle Wheatley, who had served in the Court Liaison Unit, was jailed last year after he pleaded guilty to defea...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) will be hosting the second lecture in its four-part series Bermuda and the Atlantic World via Zoom on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at 5pm AT. The series, which is guided by NMB’s Education Strategy, reframes Bermuda histo...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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Press Release