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A funeral procession in honour of a former Bermuda Industrial Union vice-president was held in Hamilton yesterday.
Family, friends and colleagues paid their tributes to Glenn Simmons, who died on March 3, aged 67.
Signs on public buses brought out fo...
DATE: Mar 16, 2020
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Physicians, nurses and laboratory staff got a refresher on the use of personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control on Saturday, according to a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health.
The training was given by infection preventio...
DATE: Mar 15, 2020
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
The zoo section at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo is to be closed to the public from today through April 30.
Ian Walker, the principal curator at BAMZ, said the measure had been taken for “the safety of the animals, members of the public who vi...
DATE: Mar 15, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Gatherings of more than 50 people should be avoided in an attempt to combat the spread of a potential killer strain of coronavirus, the Premier said last night.
David Burt said church leaders would be contacted on Monday with advice for the safety of...
DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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A man has said he was given the all clear on a potential killer strain of coronavirus after he fell ill on a flight back to Bermuda — but was later told he was not screened for Covid-19 at all.
The man, who returned on a flight from Miami on March 4...
DATE: Mar 14, 2020
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The final appeal over same-sex marriage got a day in court for December at the Privy Council in London.
The December 7 and 8 hearings, revealed yesterday, will settle the issue after years of dispute in Bermuda’s courts and Parliament.
The ruling by ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A musician who played in the same band as disgraced activist and entertainer Tony Brannon said last night that the pair would no longer perform together after Mr Brannon’s “unacceptable comments”.
Felix Tod, a DJ and keyboardist, was speaking in the ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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Swimmers hit the water at the weekend to raise cash for research into multiple sclerosis.
Fundraisers for the The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda’s Swimathon gathered at the National Sports Centre in Devonshire to mark the start of a month dedi...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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A pond filled in almost eight decades ago is to be reborn as a nature reserve.
Excavators have moved in to the site of Eve’s Pond, at Shelly Bay in Hamilton Parish, as a first step towards the recreation of the pond and a three-and-a-half acre reserv...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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Environment
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Jonathan Bell
The Premier has denied that the Government wanted to clip the wings of the island’s tourism authority.
He was speaking after Kevin Dallas, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chief, stood down last month just after Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, warne...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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Tourism
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Jonathan Bell