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A virtual prayer meeting for the island’s leaders will be held tomorrow by the New Testament Church of God.
Bishop Gladstone Thompson said: “We certainly appreciate the leadership displayed in our time of crisis.
The Zoom event will include prayers a...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A ban on work permits in more than 40 job categories was yesterday extended for another three months.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said the moratorium, imposed in November and scheduled to finish at the end of this month, will now run to the e...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The family of the late jazz drummer Clarence “Tootsie” Bean was hit with a double tragedy with the death of his wife, Stella.
The Bermuda Entertainment Union offered condolences to the Bean family after the death of Ms Bean, 91, just four days after ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan has stalled due to an “all-out effort” to contain the recent surge in coronavirus cases, the Premier revealed yesterday.
David Burt told The Royal Gazette: “I will be completely honest: for the last mo...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Travellers, including Bermudians, who arrive on the island without proof of vaccination against the coronavirus will be under a requirement to quarantine “until there is no longer a global pandemic”, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt was speakin...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reaching herd immunity against the coronavirus in a month’s time could prove elusive, but the island’s ultimate goal is to eliminate local transmission of the virus, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt said the target was for 70 per cent of the po...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians are being urged to support an appeal to help people in St Vincent where a volcanic eruption has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents.
The West Indian Association for St Vincent and the Grenadines (WIA), said plumes of ash from ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government made “significant investments” to allow civil servants to work from home, the Premier said yesterday.
However no decision has yet been made about keeping Government employees at home to work as a cost-cutting measure.
In a wide-ranging...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Restaurant owners warned yesterday the pandemic-hit industry is now “hanging by a thread”.
Now members of the trade have banded together in a bid to stave off the threat of closures.
The move came in the wake of an indoors dining ban until June 24 ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Thousands of people had signed a petition by last night to ask the Government not to impose travel restrictions on unvaccinated residents.
But David Burt, the Premier, insisted the country would stay on course to keep the island safe from the coronav...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell