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A tweet from the Government yesterday signalled that the restarted British Airways service to the island could fly in and out of Heathrow instead of Gatwick.
The tweet came after staff at the airline were told that the company might not reopen its Ga...
DATE: May 01, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Residents have been threatened by scammers who tried to persuade people to buy them cryptocurrency, police warned.
The Bermuda Police Service said that messages were sent by e-mail or social media claiming that the recipient’s online activity would b...
DATE: May 01, 2020
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Books, newspapers and electronic devices kept customers occupied as they queued to use a bank on Front Street yesterday.
People wearing face masks and coverings waited in lines to get into HSBC’s Harbourview Centre.
A spokeswoman for the bank said: “...
DATE: May 01, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A severe weather warning has been issued for overnight tonight, the Minister of National Security said this afternoon.
Wayne Caines said that the Bermuda Weather Service made the advisory.
He explained: “The BWS indicated that over the course of this...
DATE: May 01, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
The City of Hamilton has explained how it will gradually reinstate services when the island leaves the shelter in place period.
A spokeswoman said that the City will “continue to follow the Government’s lead” as Bermuda makes its way into the first o...
DATE: May 01, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A single case of Covid-19 was recorded out of 636 test results received between Tuesday and yesterday.
The solitary diagnosis brought the island’s total number of cases to 111. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said last night that a total of more ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 2,500 people out of work because of Covid-19 should have received their first emergency benefits payments by yesterday.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said that the Accountant-General had paid out more t...
DATE: Apr 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Residents have been urged to be patient about what the end of shelter in place restrictions will mean when the order is lifted at 6am on Saturday.
A police spokesman said this afternoon: “There have been numerous calls to the Bermuda Police Service a...
DATE: Apr 30, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Pan American Health Organisation expert helped one of Bermuda’s laboratories set up for coronavirus tests.
Lionel Gresh, of the PAHO Health Emergencies Department, said that a “good working relationship” continued with Helix Genetic and Scientific ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Covid-19 deaths might already have reached at least 25 without a government-imposed lockdown, a worst-case disease spread model has suggested.
Figures released by the Government showed that without precautions, the island could have seen more than 12...
DATE: Apr 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter