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Up to $8 million could be generated for the economy when the second season of an international sailing event begins next spring, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said.
The Bermuda Grand Prix will launch the SailGP 2021-22 calendar on the waters of the G...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than a third of people – 42 per cent – lost income because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a poll revealed yesterday.
The Global Research poll showed that 27 per cent of those surveyed had been laid off or had their hours reduced and that 8 per cent l...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A total of eight new cases of the coronavirus were identified over the weekend and all but one had no link to travel, the Minister of Health revealed last night.
Kim Wilson said the positive test results were among 2,044 that came back to health offi...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Cabinet will tomorrow examine the imposition of “additional restrictions” to slow the spread of Covid-19, the Premier said this afternoon.
David Burt tweeted: “The information reaching my office is that precautions around the country have not kept up...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Children and staff at a total of three schools and a nursery have been told to quarantine out of an “abundance of caution” over the coronavirus, the Government said last night.
Primary two pupils and some teachers at St George’s Preparatory School w...
DATE: Nov 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new tenant is expected to take on the lease to run a beachside café at Horseshoe Bay.
The Rum Bum Beach Bar was managed by South Beach Ltd on behalf of Chops Ltd, which won the tender in 2016.
But Chris Montgomery, a director at South Beach, said t...
DATE: Nov 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A drive-by event will be held next week to celebrate a woman’s 107th birthday.
Louise Franks, a patient in the King Edward VII Hospital’s long term care unit, will mark the day next Monday.
Capri Smith, the unit’s activities supervisor, and her team ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Miami-based owners of a luxury resort are expected to develop a “remediation plan” for a cemetery that sits in its golf course, a lawyer revealed yesterday.
Mark Pettingill, who represented Gencom at the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Losses...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Department of Parks today asked the public to apply for permits for events in public areas at least two weeks in advance after a spate last-minute requests.
A Government spokesman said more people were holding events at beaches and parks because ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two cases of the coronavirus were found after airport arrival tests, the Government said today.
The positive tests were among 526 results that came back to health officials yesterday.
A health department spokesman said that the new cases were on a fl...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter