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Some Christmas cheer will arrive for people in need this month through a partnership between businesses and a charity.
Gina Spence Productions said toys would be delivered to children, pharmacy gift cards will go to seniors and families will be sent ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A case of the Covid-19 illness has been found in a student attending the senior department at Saltus.
The school advised that all senior students from year ten through Saltus Graduate Year two would be sent home for contact tracing and other health p...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance has cried foul over a lack of transparency on the Government’s plans for a vertical farm.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, announced plans last month for the hi-tech agriculture to produce leafy greens for the isl...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Christmas gifts to veterans were dispatched to war veterans and their widows at the weekend.
The delivery was a team effort by the Royal Bermuda Regiment, the Bermuda Legion and the Lindo’s supermarket group.
The Regiment brought out volunteers, the ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Healthcare amendments on the payment of insurance premiums, as well as insurance coverage for tele-health, were discussed by MPs last Friday.
The Health Insurance (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020 allowed for a temporary extension of the deadline fo...
DATE: Dec 07, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Under the emergency regulations for Covid-19, residents are required to wear a mask protecting the nose and mouth in situations where they cannot maintain social distancing of 6ft.
Wear a mask so it comes close to the bridge of the nose, and all the ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Christmas came early to the historic 17th century “Carter House” at Southside last weekend.
The St David’s Historical Society celebrated its Carter House Family Christmas at the museum and replica settlers’ cabin in St George’s on Sunday.
Society m...
DATE: Dec 05, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Covid-19 patient was today in critical care, the health minister told the House of Assembly.
Kim Wilson said one other victim of the disease was also in hospital, but in a general ward.
The grim news came as Bermuda reached a total of 278 confirme...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Technology played a key role in Bermuda’s fight against Covid-19, with the island rolling out five separate apps.
David Burt, the Premier, said in the House of Assembly that the first, the HealthIQ app, remained in use.
A sequence of other apps were ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley has revealed he had been targeted online with “false and slanderous comments about my private life” by someone linked to the service.
Mr Corbishley said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that police knew the r...
DATE: Dec 04, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell