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Restaurants face an uncertain future as takeout and delivery meals were suspended last night.
The services had replaced in-house dining after restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic were imposed. Service was limited to takeout on ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Bus drivers tasked with transporting hospital staff refused to work because they were not provided with personal protective equipment, the Bermuda Public Services Union announced today.
Armell Thomas, the union president, said Department of Public Tr...
DATE: Apr 02, 2020
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
The mother of triplets who found fame when they were presented to the Queen during her first visit to Bermuda has died.
Joy Agass-Smith, 89, gave birth to babies Elizabeth, Margaret and Philippa in 1953, the year of the Queen’s coronation.
The girls’...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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Obituaries
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Jonathan Bell
A public confrontation over noisy “hummer” kites that blew up on a social media led to apologies last night and a call for mutual respect.
A video posted on Facebook yesterday showed a dispute between an area resident and a group of men flying tradit...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A charity devoted to women and children has been given a $40,000 boost to help families struggling from the effects of the Covid-19 crisis.
Elaine Butterfield, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said the cash would be used to pay ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
The president of the Bermuda Industrial Union drew a line yesterday on the union’s ability to bail out members whose paycheques had suffered from the coronavirus pandemic.
Chris Furbert said that hotel workers had taken a hit after hotels closed for ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The threshold for the importation of medical cannabis has rocketed to 2,000 grams a year from an annual limit of just one gram per year.
A spokeswoman for the health ministry said the Government was “processing an application for a commercial importe...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The stalled Caroline Bay resort development is to go back to the drawing board with “expert restructuring advisers”, the finance minister said yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson added the project would be assessed by Alvarez and Marsal, a New York firm with...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
A handful of American citizens caught a ride home to the United States last night after two flights brought in Bermudian residents and students stranded in the US by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bermuda Business Development Agency said it had teamed...
DATE: Mar 27, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, has released her office’s first three decisions of 2020.
The ICO, which is working remotely during Covid-19 restrictions, ruled on the Department of Human Resources in January, the Department of Heal...
DATE: Mar 27, 2020
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Jonathan Bell