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Social services agencies will be vital in the aftermath of Covid-19, the new head of Family Centre predicted.
Sandy De Silva, who took over as executive director of the charity this month, said charities and organisations, left with a struggle to sur...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Marine and Ports Services advises the public that starting Monday, 3rd August 2020, changes to the temporarily reduced ferry schedule will take effect.
Additional departure times preferred by morning commuters will be added to the G...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Press Release
Please note that the expiry date of any refrigerant handlers’ permits that were due to expire in 2020 have now effectively been extended from 31st July to the 31st October 2020.
This will allow additional time to coordinate the proposed meetings at B...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) regrets to inform the public that visiting camp groups cannot be accommodated this summer, for public health reasons.
Indoor and outdoor spaces at BAMZ make it very hard for large groups to maintain the req...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Press Release
A detective asked residents to “be bold” today when police made a renewed appeal for information about the murder of a well-known dancer two years ago.
Taylor Grier was shot on a busy Court Street at about 10pm on July 27, 2018.
Detective Sergeant De...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A sign to mark Mary Prince Emancipation Park was unveiled in honour of the enslaved Bermudian who gained her freedom and became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, said that publ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today announces that a consultation has been launched on a draft Code of Practice (the Code) relating to the Mental Health Act 1968 and subsequent amendments. As allowed by the Act, the Minister of Health has delegated t...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Press Release
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, located in the Botanical Gardens, was closed late this morning until further notice due to a continued water shortage.
This issue is being addressed and DENR apologises to their customers for any i...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Press Release
A Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier who saved her wheelchair-bound brother-in-law from a blazing house has won the Hero of the Year from the Kiwanis Club of St George’s.
Latoya Brown-Hayward pulled Omar Hayward -a Paralympian — from their home after she...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ombudsman has logged an increased number of complaints about the island’s prison system.
The office dealt with 263 complaints last year, with 55 of them to do with the Department of Corrections — almost five times more than any other body.
The Be...
DATE: Jul 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes