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Supermarkets could limit the number of customers to 50 people at a time if a case of Covid-19 was confirmed, a business leader said this week.
Zach Moniz, the manager of the Lindo’s Group of Companies, explained that plans were in place to manage a r...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Finance and the Leader of the Opposition responded to steps taken by banks to help customers financially impacted by Covid-19.
Butterfield Bank is to automatically defer all residential mortgage and personal loan payments for the next...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Diners can enjoy some of their favourite restaurant meals at home with a scheme designed to keep businesses running over the course of Covid-19.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce teamed up with the City of Hamilton and the Bermuda Economic Development ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s debt limit is expected to be raised by $150 million in an attempt to tackle the financial hit from Covid-19, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, warned the island could face an “economic catastr...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Guest workers were warned this morning that their work permits would be revoked if they do not obey orders to self-quarantine.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security and co-chairman of the Emergency Measures Organisation, said everyone comin...
DATE: Mar 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian teenager in central Italy told how he was living in virtual lockdown after authorities introduced severe restrictions to stem the spread of a killer strain of coronavirus.
Leo Harris, who lives in Florence and works at a restaurant, expla...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Residents must change the way they live in the face of a potential killer strain of coronavirus, the Opposition leader said this afternoon.
Craig Cannonier, of the One Bermuda Alliance, asked people to work together but claimed that “more direction” ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Rumours that suggested the island had confirmed cases of Covid-19 are false, the Ministry of Health said today.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, urged members of the public to rely only on official sources of information to stop “damaging” hearsay fr...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Emergency Measures Organisation heard today that public schools and Government offices were still open and the docks continued to operate despite the Covid-19 threat.
But members of the public were asked to limit their social lives to cut the pot...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A rider was taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash in Smith’s this morning.
The man’s bike collided with a car on North Shore Road near the Rubis Terceira’s gas station at about 11.15am.
A police spokesman said: “The rider of the bike sustained ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter