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A festive favourite enjoyed across the island at Christmas with or without a tot of rum is on the shelves early in a bid to boost morale in the Covid-19 crisis.
Families will be able to enjoy eggnog over Easter after a Bermuda business vowed to start...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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A fast-food chain has claimed permission to run an online grocery service was pulled two days after it was given government approval for the move.
Buzz said yesterday that it learnt through social-media posts that the grocery business would not be al...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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Debt collectors should show compassion as the public struggled to cope with financial problems caused by the coronavirus crisis, the Government has said.
The sector was asked to think about responsible ways to work deal with people in difficulties.
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DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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Parents and guardians were asked to keep talking to children to limit the risk of child sex abuse over the shelter-in-place lockdown.
Saving Children and Revealing Secrets warned it feared that isolation procedures created an environment where attack...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers have completed their first weekend since “shelter-in- place” rules to combat Covid-19 were introduced.
The new regime — a 24-hour lockdown except for essential trips — was enforced by RBR-manned checkpoints and mobile ...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020
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The family of a missing man today appealed to the public to look out for him despite the 24-hour lockdown now in force.
Mervyn Grant, the brother-in-law of Robert Douglas, asked people to keep the 71-year-old in mind during their limited movement aro...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Residents have to “dig deep” over the next two weeks to help the island avoid a devastating outbreak of Covid-19, the Premier said yesterday.David Burt insisted Bermuda could slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly disease, as...
DATE: Apr 03, 2020
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A “very difficult” time lies ahead the Chief Medical Officer warned yesterday as Bermuda prepared for a prolonged 24-hour curfew imposed to stem the tide of Covid-19 cases.
Cheryl Peek-Ball highlighted that the 14-day lockdown was designed to help pr...
DATE: Apr 02, 2020
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Five more cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, the Premier announced yesterday.
David Burt said that three arrived on British Airways flights and the other two were close contacts of people who had earlier been given positive test results — which b...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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Residents were asked to help Bermuda “write its Covid story” yesterday before the island went into its first night of curfew.
David Burt, the Premier, said that everyone had a role to play in battling the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the wor...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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