3314 results returned for search: "" category "News" author News Staff
A Bermuda charity will soon be able to accept online donations after a $2,500 grant from Clarien Bank.
Grainne Richmond, the treasurer of Action on Alzheimer’s & Dementia Bermuda said the cash from Clarien would help the charity revamp its website – ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is to relaunch a grant scheme for businesses as it gears up for the return of tourists in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Glenn Jones, the BTA interim CEO and chief experience development officer, said: “Following...
DATE: Feb 09, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The cost of collecting taxes on income would be enormous and would require a “swelling” of the civil service, a former Minister of Finance has warned.
In an opinion piece in today’s Royal Gazette, Bob Richards also said the burden of such taxes,...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
More than 5,000 people had been vaccinated for the coronavirus by last night, the Premier, David Burt, announced.
But the island’s curfew from midnight to 6am is to remain in effect at least a further two weeks.
Speaking at the Covid-19 press confere...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
An armed robber last night raided a betting shop.
A man armed with what appeared to be a handgun struck at GameTime in Somerset and escaped with cash stuffed in a white bag.
A police spokesman said the shop, at the corner of Somerset’s Main Road and ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority said today it will allow flights of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to Bermuda with the removal of the airspace ban and it will also permit the operation of the aircraft type on the Bermuda Aircraft Registry.
The cha...
DATE: Feb 01, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
A salmonella scare has forced the recall of frozen seafood sold by an island supermarket, health officials revealed today.
The 250g mix of king prawns, mussels and squid rings, produced for UK supermarket giants Waitrose and sold only by Supermart on...
DATE: Jan 31, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The social development and seniors minister heard talks about inclusion after she was invited by a UN agency to attend a virtual meeting.
Tinee Furbert attended the online gathering of the presiding officers of the Regional Conference on Social Devel...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced that more visitors will be allowed to see patients from today.
A spokeswoman said that the increase for acute and long term care wards came after “the return to a lower prevalence of Covid-19 on the island.
S...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
Residents were warned that using private vehicles for hire could put passengers at risk.
A Government spokesman said: “For the safety and security of the travelling public, the Ministry of Transport wishes to remind the public that unlike public serv...
DATE: Jan 27, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
General
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff