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Teenage schoolchildren cooked and delivered meals to struggling families last week as part of a community service project.
M5 pupils at Somersfield Academy spent the week volunteering for a feeding programme at Christ Church in Warwick.
Aisling Homan...
DATE: Jun 17, 2020
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Four sailors launched an unusual rescue mission from the US to retrieve a sailboat stranded in Bermuda.
They did so in a 33ft boat, a choice that made some people declare they were “crazy” to attempt such a trip.
However, this was no ordinary quartet...
DATE: Jun 17, 2020
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A 31-year-old was yesterday dealt a $750 fine in Magistrates’ Court after he admitted cursing at an officer on Harbour Road.
Alexander Raynor pleaded guilty to a single count of using offensive words towards an officer in a public place in the Sunday...
DATE: Jun 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The one thing we keep hearing is a reference to this ‘new-normal’. The truth is there is nothing normal about any of this! So first let’s own that it is okay to not be okay with all of this. The other challenge is that ‘we simply do not know’. These ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2020
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Press Release
The island saw no new cases of Covid-19 today.
The Ministry of Health received 124 test results with none positive.
Bermuda remains at 144 total confirmed positive cases of the illness.
There are seven active cases, all of which are under public hea...
DATE: Jun 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man who repeatedly breached curfew was yesterday given $3,000 in fines in Magistrates’ Court.
Sergio Robinson Woolridge, 29, admitted that he left his Pembroke home after the 11pm curfew on June 12, 13 and 14 but insisted he only did so to find his...
DATE: Jun 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Suggestions that a blanket denial of work permit renewals is in force are wrong, the Premier has said.
David Burt emphasised the island’s work permit policy was unchanged, and that Jason Hayward, the new Minister of Labour, would speak about procedur...
DATE: Jun 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man has been arrested in connection with the weekend knife killing of another man at a petrol station, it was revealed yesterday.
Police said they were “working on locating and arresting further persons”.
Detective Sergeant Jason Smith, in charge ...
DATE: Jun 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The men behind a Covid-19 tracking app appealed to the public to embrace the technology to help the island stay one step ahead of the coronavirus.
Lee McArthur and Gabriel Jones, who developed HealthIQ, said in an online question and answer session l...
DATE: Jun 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian reggae star Collie Buddz got into an online spat with David Burt after the singer complained about the ban on raft-ups because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The singer, whose real name is Colin Harper, wrote to the Premier on Saturday on Twitte...
DATE: Jun 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan