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A police sergeant has been named volunteer of the year for a local youth charity.
Cerepha Bridgeman, who supervises the parish officers for the eastern and western parishes, collected the award from the Mirror’s Programme.
Sergeant Bridgeman has volu...
DATE: Jul 04, 2020
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Bermuda residents flying to England will be exempt from the requirement to self-isolate for 14 days after arrival.
The exemption, which was announced today and applies to all 14 British Overseas Territories, will take effect from July 10.
As long as ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2020
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Restaurants and bars moved into the “new normal” this week, but it will not be until later that the impact of a relaxation of Covid-19 rules can be assessed.
Chris Garland, the general manager of Harbourside Holdings, which owns Flanagan’s Irish Pub ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant will be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The Employment Amendment Act 2020 will maintain the requirement for employees laid off for more than four month...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
About 4,500 people who were on emergency unemployment benefits have returned to work, the Minister of Finance said last night.
Curtis Dickinson said that the scheme has put about $43 million in the hands of 10,100 unemployed people since it started, ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A wave of mental health problems in families will sink Bermuda if action is not taken, the freshly retired head of a major charity warned yesterday.
Martha Dismont, who stepped down as executive director of Family Centre on Tuesday after 30 years, sa...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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The Government has a lot of work to do to get unemployed Bermudians back to work, the labour minister said last night.
Jason Hayward said in an online question-and-answer session yesterday that he believed the island’s economic recovery was still mor...
DATE: Jul 01, 2020
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The Government received 106 Covid-19 test results yesterday — none of which were positive.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said the island still has only two active cases of the virus, with one patient in hospital and the second under active...
DATE: Jul 01, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Struggling bars and restaurants will be able to apply for payroll tax relief, the Minister of Finance announced yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said that for the quarter scheduled to end tomorrow, payroll tax would be rated zero for the employer and empl...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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Strict health precautions will be introduced to protect the island from Covid-19 as Bermuda prepares to reopen to visitors, the Premier said last night.
David Burt said that the Government had to strike a balance between the economy and safety as Ber...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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