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The Governor said last night that an “air bridge” flight to bring Bermudians home from Britain to Bermuda is scheduled for take-off.
John Rankin explained the flight was expected to take off early next week to give stranded Bermudians a chance to ret...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A financial safety net of up to $500 a week will be set up by the Government for people thrown out of work as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the labour minister promised yesterday.
Lovitta Foggo said her ministry would “do what it can to assist t...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A judicial review ruling that police acted unlawfully in a doctor’s arrest and search of his house has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Mahesh Reddy’s 2017 Supreme Court victory against police after an early morning arrest was supported in a judgm...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An emergency transport service to get hospital staff to work is to be introduced.
The move came after emergency service workers who travel to work by public transport were forced to walk or find alternative ways to get to their jobs after services we...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment have mobilised at the airport to help returned residents disembark and transport those who need quarantined outside their homes to special accommodation.
Sergeant Giovanni Lema, a member of the RBR’s Motor Tra...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island will not know if community transmission of the coronavirus has started until more test results come in, the Premier said tonight.
But the Premier said he was “certain” that there were returning Bermudians who had flown in recently from the...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An emergency flight set up to get US citizens in Bermuda home today has been cancelled.
A WestJet flight from Toronto to Bermuda to bring Bermudians home and transport Canadians back which was scheduled for today has also been cancelled.
A Government...
DATE: Mar 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Diabetics will still get vital medicines even with a ban on flights and most ships because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Debbie Jones, chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, said the charity had also set up tents outside its headquarters in B...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s first two cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed at about 4pm yesterday, it was revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, said one of the two residents had travelled from Britain and the other from the United States and the cases were unconne...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men have been arrested after a shooting that killed one man and injured another.
Police said 18 shots were fired in the area surrounding the junction of Court Street and Elliott Street, where Clarke Fox, 28, was wounded on Tuesday at about 2.45pm...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell