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The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted “deep-rooted inequities and gaps in our country’s social safety net”, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union said tonight.
Armell Thomas, speaking on the eve of International Workers’ Day, asked the G...
DATE: Apr 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going. The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Social services agencies have seen jobless clients struggle because of delays to the delivery of unemployment benefits.
The Government’s benefits scheme was launched four weeks ago as Bermudians felt the pinch after mass layoffs in the wake of the co...
DATE: Apr 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A cruise ship sparked curiosity yesterday when it was spotted offshore despite the island’s ports being closed to everything but essential cargo vessels.
The Bermudian-flagged Regal Princess diverted to the island to drop off an injured entertainer.
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DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The charity Family Centre expects a “significant uptick” in those requiring its help, as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic ripples through the community.
Sandy De Silva, the charity’s director of services, said Covid-19 challenges would mean “an...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People who attend the hospital’s emergency department are not tested for the coronavirus, the Chief of Emergency has said.
Chikezie Dean Okereke outlined Bermuda Hospitals Board procedures after a family questioned why an elderly relative treated in ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 3,000 people could be hospitalised as a result of Covid-19, with 981 of them requiring critical care, a worst-case scenario released by the Bermuda Government warned yesterday.
The figure of 3,096 would equate to a peak of 78 hospital admis...
DATE: Apr 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public must help shape the future of the island after the Covid-19 state-of-emergency restrictions are lifted, a government backbencher said yesterday.
Jason Hayward, a former leader of the Bermuda Public Services Union, predicted a bleak future ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going. The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s traditional Agricultural Exhibition should have started today, but has had to be sidelined because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, pupils at the Bermuda Institute in Southampton have staged a mini-Ag Show online with produce from thei...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell