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Tracking bracelets used to monitor people quarantined because they contracted Covid-19 are the same type used in Hong Kong, the Premier has revealed.
David Burt explained how the trackers worked at Thursday’s coronavirus briefing — and said he had to...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Blu Bar and Grill issued an apology for a lapse in social distancing filmed at a Friday night fundraiser.
Blu, at Belmont Drive in Warwick, said it would close for two days to train staff in guidelines for protection against the Covid-19 pandemic.
It...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs defended a top Bermudian scientist leading the test programme for the coronavirus after social media posters questioned the island’s run of almost two weeks without a positive result.
The support came after David Burt, the Premier, said he was di...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans to boost African studies in the public school system sparked a discussion on race in the House of Assembly during the motion to adjourn on Friday.
Rolfe Commissiong, a Progressive Labour Party MP, said the move had been agreed in a party caucus...
DATE: Jul 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda welcomed its first scheduled commercial flight for more than three months yesterday.
Karla Aitken collected her daughter, Ashley, 23, who had at last managed to return from college in Denmark — but the joy of homecoming was marred by sadness ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier dismissed “malicious messages” on social media last night that criticised the island’s Covid-19 test laboratories.
David Burt defended the abilities of Carika Weldon, a Bermudian biochemist and researcher at the Oxford Genomics Centre, pa...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Ombudsman’s office dealt with matters last year including the handling of senior abuse complaint handling, public bus schedule communications, and delayed applications for criminal injuries compensation.
The details came in the 2019 repor...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island marked 12 days yesterday without a new case of Covid-19 infection.
The milestone was achieved after 46 coronavirus tests came back clear and the first scheduled commercial flight since air travel was all but grounded was due to touch down ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former professional footballer Clyde Best has backed a British campaign to recognise another trailblazer in the sport who was blocked by racism from playing for England.
Jack Leslie, who died aged 88 in 1988, was the only black professional footballe...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Buses will be off the road today between 11.30am and 3.30pm for a union meeting, the Department of Public Transportation has warned.
A DPT spokesman said the service interruption was to allow unions to discuss with the division its negotiations with ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell