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The island’s blue-collar union is backing rallies to protest at police brutality inflicted on black people in America.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said he was “100 per cent” behind the demonstrations, which have spre...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Police this evening appealed directly to people with knowledge of missing 26-year-old Chavelle Dillon-Burgess.
The post, shared on social media, said: “We know someone knows what happened ... do you want those responsible to get away with it?
“What i...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
A charity forced to put its services to the special needs community on hold is now looking at ways to reopen safely.
WindReach, based in Warwick, had to wrap up its operations and lay off most of its staff because of Covid-19, starting May 1.
Stewart...
DATE: Jun 03, 2020
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A sharp racial disparity in infection and death from Covid-19 was revealed yesterday in a review commissioned by the British Government.
The Public Health England report echoed a similar trend seen in Bermuda, where the coronavirus pandemic has taken...
DATE: Jun 03, 2020
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
A defiant David Burt reiterated his stance that tourism is not dead in Bermuda — but he acknowledged that some jobs in the sector could be lost permanently.
The Premier was speaking last night as he moved to push back outspoken critics, some of them ...
DATE: Jun 02, 2020
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s total cases of Covid-19 held steady at 141 today, after 143 tests all came in negative.
There are now 19 active cases of the illness, with 11 people under public health monitoring.
Eight patients are in hospital, but none are in critical...
DATE: Jun 02, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pension benefits are still being paid late to seniors — four months after the problem was revealed by The Royal Gazette.
Catherine Gregory, a Bermudian retiree who lives in the United States, said her payments had become overdue again after a one-off...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The roundabout at LF Wade International Airport on Kindley Field Road will get a temporary lane closure as part of ongoing work on the new air terminal.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said a one-lane traffic closure would ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A new culture and heritage website was launched by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs on the eve of Bermuda Day.
The site will serve as a central point for information about events, programmes, and education.
Lovitta Foggo, the communit...
DATE: May 30, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Payouts to more than 9,000 people left out of work by the Covid-19 pandemic have topped $32 million, the finance minister said last night.
Curtis Dickinson added that $9.2 million in unemployment benefits had been paid out to 7,780 people this week a...
DATE: May 29, 2020
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Jonathan Bell