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Job losses in the construction sector are certain unless a steady flow of contracts is maintained after the Covid-19 crisis ends, the industry body warned yesterday.
Simon Tully and Will Irvine, of the Construction Association of Bermuda, said there ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Plans for the recovery of the visitor industry will be created despite massive cuts at the tourism authority, its chief executive pledged yesterday.
But Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive at the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said a return to pre-p...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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A search for fresh seafood cost a man $4,500 in fines at Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Clive Hook, 56, admitted he left his home in breach of the shelter-in-place regulations.
He also pleaded guilty to spearfishing inside a mile of shore, catching a ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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An international insurance underwriter and its staff have donated more than $100,000 to Covid-19 relief in Bermuda.
Argo Group International announced today that its Argo Foundation had agreed to donate $25,000 to the Covid-19 Emergency Fund.
The don...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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A man who breached shelter in place curfew rules was fined $2,000 today.
Denton Paris, 48, pleaded guilty to the offence, which happened yesterday afternoon.
Magistrates’ Court heard that at about 3.40pm police saw Paris, of Sandys, sitting on a wall...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Belco has pushed back the deadlines for its annual scholarships until the end of next month.
The application period had been scheduled to close on Thursday.
A Belco spokesman said: “Students are currently coping with unforeseen, unprecedented circums...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Bermuda’s gamers will soon be able to test their mettle against one another from the comfort of their homes.
A spokesman for the BDA Esports League said an online Apex Legends tournament would be held on May 2, with gamers from across the island comp...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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A man who said he visited a house to buy alcohol despite the Covid-19 lockdown was fined $3,000 yesterday.
Treadwell Smith, 33, from Devonshire, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the shelter-in-place regulations by leaving his home ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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A man was remanded in custody today after he was charged with breaches of probation and the shelter in place regulations.
Junius Caines, 51, was alleged in Magistrates’ Court to have broken his probation order by taking illegal drugs sometime between...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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The public have been urged to “make some noise” today to honour those on Bermuda’s front line.
A spokesman for the Fairmont Southampton said the hotel called on people to honk car horns, make music or clap for essential workers at 5pm today for five ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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