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Myrtle Edness may be one of Bermuda’s last people to recall the constant ringing of funeral bells from the 1918 flu pandemic.
Mrs Edness, who turned 106 over the summer, spent 2020 carefully shielded from family in their Warwick home after the global...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seven new cases of coronavirus infection have brought the island’s total cases to 602, it was announced this evening.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the results came out of 715 new test results.
Four cases are local with known contacts, and t...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Big-hearted staff at a reinsurance firm donated 88 decorative shoeboxes packed with school supplies, clothing and other accessories to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda.
Marsh and Guy Carpenter announced the giveaway, worth $8,800, to the mentoring...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police announced they would keep watch on the roads and water to enforce the curfew and to curb antisocial behaviour over the New Year’s holiday weekend.
Martin Weekes, Assistant Commissioner of Police, said officers would be supported by the Bermuda...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An outbreak of coronavirus infections in the long term care unit at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is under investigation after another patient and staff member tested positive.
Michael Richmond, the chief executive and president of the Bermud...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian woman who lives in the US has been stranded in Bermuda for nearly three months because of a wait for a passport renewal that left her cut off from her family over Christmas.
Malaika Hayward said on Christmas Eve that she could not bear ha...
DATE: Dec 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health fears aired over the potential deployment of fifth generation wireless technology in Bermuda are misinformed, a technology and engineering consultant has said.
Patrick Caton spoke in the wake of a consultation period over the introduction of ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A leading Bermuda medical clinic last week marked its tenth year of giving out some welcome Christmas cheer.
Bermuda Healthcare Services in Paget handed out more than 150 turkeys to the community for its annual event.
Mahesh Reddy, the medical direct...
DATE: Dec 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A two-year-old boy facing a Christmas without his mother will wake up tomorrow to an array of presents from the community.
Anonymous donors rallied with TNN News to deliver a load of gifts to Kamal Emmanuel Chavaun Worrell, whose mother Chavelle Dill...
DATE: Dec 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Eight new cases of coronavirus have been found out of 1,187 test results taken by the Ministry of Health.
There are 214 active cases, down from 223 reported yesterday. There are 83 cases under investigation.
Of the active cases, 211 are under publ...
DATE: Dec 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell