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A police officer swapped his patrol car for a paintbrush to help a woman whose home was targeted by vandals over the shelter-in-place regulations.
Anthony Bartley, a parish constable, stepped in after graffiti was scrawled on the wall of a house in P...
DATE: May 07, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bus and ferry services will not return to the island until proper physical distancing measures are in place on vehicles, the Government said yesterday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport said that a team was “working to resume publ...
DATE: May 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The laboratory where Bermuda’s first on-island Covid-19 testing was carried out is expected to have its government contract changed.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that the arrangement with Helix Genetic and Scientific Solutions would be “r...
DATE: May 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Traffic wardens will give advice on physical distancing and mask-wearing in the City of Hamilton, police said today.
A statement from the Bermuda Police Service explained: “The BPS would like to advise the public that as retail businesses in the City...
DATE: May 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police issued a reminder about restrictions in force after the first phase of measures designed to reopen the island in stages started at the weekend.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said that the first-phase regulations included a cur...
DATE: May 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Legislators and the public service will be asked to “contribute” to help tackle the economic crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister of Finance warned.
Curtis Dickinson said the Government would hold talks with the Bermuda Industrial...
DATE: May 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Parents and pupils were told yesterday that there was still “no fixed date” for schools to reopen.
However, Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that staff were preparing buildings for children’s’ return to the classroom.
He added: “Technic...
DATE: May 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Staff at one of the island’s biggest retail firms have had their hours cut by half, it was announced today.
Edmund Gibbons Ltd, the parent company of department store Gibbons Company, drinks firm Burrows Lightbourn and Bermuda Motors, said that the m...
DATE: May 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A seventh death from Covid-19 was announced by the Ministry of Health today.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said: “On behalf of my entire team at the Ministry of Health, I want to extend my sincere condolences to the family and friends of this indi...
DATE: May 02, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Another three people have tested positive for Covid-19, the Government said yesterday.
A spokeswoman said the new cases emerged after 260 test results came back to the Ministry of Health. The news brought the total number of cases to 114.
The Governm...
DATE: May 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter