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No new cases of Covid-19 were found on the island yesterday after 561 test results came back clear for the coronavirus.
The island’s total confirmed cases of the illness remained at 159, with five active cases under public health monitoring and none ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tropical Storm Josephine may bring a blessing — some needed tank rain if it approaches the island next week.
Renée Ming, the national security minister, said last night that the Emergency Measures Organisation and the Bermuda Weather Service were mon...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party is scheduled to unveil its candidate for the by-election in Smith’s West next week, the Premier said last night.
David Burt made the announcement after he was asked why the PLP had not yet announced a candidate for the se...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A future government may renew investigations into longstanding allegations of political corruption shelved after the Progressive Labour Party regained power in 2017, a former attorney-general said this week.
Trevor Moniz, speaking on Monday, a week a...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda got a welcome break from a long banana drought after the first shipment since January hit the shelves yesterday.
Residents have been limited to locally grown stock since invasive pests halted imports early in the year. Mealybugs, a type of sc...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Travellers in need of biometric scans for visas to Britain must travel overseas as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Government House advised last night.
The service, which had been available in Bermuda, is at present available only at British visa ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A businessman and restaurateur has predicted an exodus of lower-skilled overseas workers will continue as the coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll increased.
Marico Thomas, who runs Four Star Pizza, Glaze Bakery and Burger Shack, said he had not laid...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 remained at 159 yesterday, after 643 test results all came in negative.
There were five active cases of the illness, all under public health monitoring, with none in hospital.
A total of 145 had recovered, and...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cecil G. Smith, a lifelong musician whose name became synonymous with the organ at St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, has died at 85.
On Sunday he was given a send-off by the congregation of the Hamilton church, where he had also led the cho...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An apprenticeship programme where businesses take on Bermudians full-time for work experience and training has been boosted by the Government.
There are now 95 apprentices with 20 firms under the earn-and-learn on-the-job training programme, run by t...
DATE: Aug 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell