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Savings of more than $280,000 over three months were made when the Bermuda Health Council procured masks to limit the spread of Covid-19 in care homes, the organisation said today.
The health council explained that its personal protective equipment o...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
About 250 people turned out last night to light candles to focus attention on domestic violence.
The event was organised by Safe Space Bermuda, launched in honour of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess, a young mother who went missing in April.
Sarah Robinson, o...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Family and friends can see patients in wards after the Bermuda Hospitals Board entered the first phase of relaxing visiting restrictions today.
A limited number of designated people can visit loved-ones in acute care at the King Edward VII Memorial H...
DATE: Jun 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Five people were arrested after a weekend fight that involved about 50 teenagers.
Police went to the scene after people reported a disturbance.
A police spokesman said: “Callers reported bottles being thrown and knives being brandished; however, ther...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A controversial beauty products tycoon scheduled to take up the US Consul General’s post this summer made headlines in America after he shared “conspiracy theories and unfounded attacks” about President Donald Trump’s political opponents on Twitter.
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DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hundreds of people linked up online for the first virtual Bermuda Day celebration yesterday.
Residents and viewers from overseas logged on to Facebook to watch footage of previous parades, interviews with stars who took centre stage or people who wor...
DATE: May 30, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The health minister tonight praised “the majority of residents” for their responsible behaviour after 230 Covid-19 test results came back clear.
But Kim Wilson reminded the public to continue to wear masks and keep a safe distance from others in publ...
DATE: May 30, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A first-of-its-kind Gombey performance recording will form the grand finale of a virtual Bermuda Day Parade tomorrow, one of the event’s organisers promised yesterday.
Qian Dickinson, of the social-media platform Bermemes, said that the team had work...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A controversial businessman who helped to make his family’s beauty products firm into “one of the largest private companies in the United States” is to take up a diplomatic post in Bermuda, it was revealed yesterday.
The US State Department said that...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity set up to support children through crises has relaunched its anti-domestic abuse campaign after an increase in reported incidents over the Covid-19 lockdown.
Family Centre reminded people of the need to protect defenceless young people.
San...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter