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Hundreds of meals were handed out to frontline workers by a hotel as a token of appreciation for their efforts.
Healthcare staff and emergency service employees were among the people who collected a total of almost 750 breakfasts and lunches from the...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Parts of the island were shrouded in mist yesterday with a thicker fog expected to creep in overnight.
Residents reported reduced visibility in several parishes including Sandys, Southampton, Warwick and Devonshire.
Andrew Bufalino, a meteorologist a...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A preliminary report on the possible future of the electricity sector was released by the industry watchdog tonight.
The Regulatory Authority published the document on its website and asked for public views to be submitted by June 2.
The authority sa...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Civil servants will not agree to austerity measures until there is a clear plan for the economy, the head of the island’s white collar union warned last night.
Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, highlighted the crucial...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Health
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Fiona McWhirter
People on two-week quarantine in Government centres will have to spend 14 extra days in isolation if they test positive for the coronavirus.
The order, which came into force on Tuesday, said: “A person placed in quarantine under the Quarantine (Inco...
DATE: Apr 26, 2020
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Health
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Fiona McWhirter
Almost $30,000 worth of mobile phone services has been donated to about 200 soldiers called up to battle the spread of Covid-19.
Digicel and One Communications explained the donations were made to Royal Bermuda Regiment troops to show appreciation of...
DATE: Apr 26, 2020
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Health
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Fiona McWhirter
Former police officers will boost efforts to find a missing senior, it was revealed today.
A police spokesman said that the work is to include house-to-house inquiries as part of the search for Robert Douglas, 72.
He explained the help came “in respo...
DATE: Apr 26, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Essential workers were checked for Covid-19 yesterday after a drive-through test centre was launched.
However, David Burt, the Premier, said that sample collection at the multi-lane site in St David’s started late after some teething troubles.
He exp...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police and sniffer dogs continued the search for a missing senior yesterday.
Teams of officers scoured sections of the Railway Trail in Paget as part of the hunt for Robert Douglas.
The 72-year-old was last seen in person near his home in My Lord’s ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
The scale of testing for Covid-19 was higher yesterday in Bermuda than any Caribbean country, according to data published online.
Figures on the Worldometer website showed that the island ranked above Aruba and the Cayman Islands when comparing the n...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter