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Seven new cases of coronavirus infection have brought the island’s total cases to 602, it was announced this evening.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the results came out of 715 new test results.
Four cases are local with known contacts, and t...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Minister of National Security last night urged anyone with information about the latest incident of gun violence to step forward.
Renee Ming, speaking at the Government’s Covid-19 press conference, said Monday night’s shooting near the junction o...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian nurse on the frontline of the pandemic in Washington DC has urged the public to be wary of misinformation about vaccines.
Davon Adams, who works in a level-one trauma centre, said he recently received the first of two scheduled doses of t...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s tourism industry is on a “slow and gradual” path to recovery, according to the head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Glenn Jones, the interim CEO of the BTA, told the World Tourism Network in an online presentation last Saturday that the b...
DATE: Dec 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Con men have claimed to be consumer affairs officers as part of a fraud aimed at shops, it was announced tonight.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said: “There apparently are some members of the public who are going around to retail establ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Service reminded members of the public making evening plans about the curfew in place as part of Covid-19 restrictions.
A police spokesman said people need to make sure they give themselves “adequate time” to be home before 11pm.
T...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The St George’s Foundation vowed yesterday to continue to tell the story of Bermuda’s history despite the closure of the World Heritage Centre.
The foundation will lock the doors of the Queen’s Warehouse at Penno’s Wharf – the former home of the WHC ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A turtle found stranded on a beach last weekend has died despite a major effort to save the animal, it was revealed last night.
Ian Walker, the principal curator at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, said the young green turtle found by members of ...
DATE: Dec 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Gombeys will perform across the island on New Year’s Day – but with Covid-19 restrictions, it was announced tonight.
A government spokeswoman said that Gombey troupes would not stage “large performances in public places” and would ditch marches on th...
DATE: Dec 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Health tonight confirmed another 14 new cases of Covid-19 from the long weekend’s test results.
A spokeswoman said the new cases were among 2,805 test results that came back to health officials.
A total of six of the cases came in...
DATE: Dec 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes