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Contact tracing was under way last night for four new cases of Covid-19, the health ministry said.
Three cases are known to have come in from overseas and the source of the fourth is under investigation.
All four are in isolation.
A ministry spokeswo...
DATE: Aug 19, 2020
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Three positive cases of Covid-19 were imported on the JetBlue flight from New York on Friday, the Ministry of Health reported over the weekend.
All were residents who did not have pre-departure tests, and contact tracing began on Saturday to isolate ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Growing up with a destructively alcoholic parent is fodder for humour as well as shock in Kirkland Hamill’s Bermudian-American memoir.
But Mr Hamill’s deeper message, to be shared on Wednesday in a live webinar about his just-published book, is: you’...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
An ice cream salesman pleaded for compensation from Belco after $10,000 of his stock melted during an electricity blackout in the West End.
Peter Jovetic, of Alex and Pete’s Bermuda Ice Cream Shop in Dockyard, lost dozens of gallons of ice cream that...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Mandatory terms in the island’s residential building code have driven up expense “without tangible benefit”, an electrical industry group has charged.
The group has planned a town hall meeting for today at 6.30pm at Francis Patton School in Hamilton ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A scholarship in memory of a dedicated sponsor of Bermudian education has helped open doors for four promising students.
William “Liam” Peniston III, Nathan Titterton, Ryan Topple and Kayah Wilks are the winners of the 2020-21 Nicholl Scholarships, a...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda could be set for thunderstorms — and finally some tank rain — as the remnants of a former tropical storm approach the island.
Tropical storm Josephine, the tenth named storm of a busy Atlantic hurricane season, was downgraded to a tropical de...
DATE: Aug 16, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A drive for a memorial to a pioneer black footballer whose career was stonewalled by racism has surpassed its goal this week with the help of Bermudian player Clyde Best.
Jack Leslie, a friend of Mr Best’s, would have been the first black footballer ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The 2020 hurricane season went up a notch yesterday with two tropical storms, Josephine and Kyle, churning through the West Atlantic.
Neither storm was rated a threat to the island by the Bermuda Weather Service, with Kyle headed for the North Atlant...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A large range of hand sanitisers has been recalled after it was found to have microbe contamination as well as methanol, a highly toxic chemical.
Bermuda’s Department of Consumer Affairs sent out the alert yesterday on 135 contaminated hand sanitiser...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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Jonathan Bell