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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has launched a special phone line for families with children worried about Covid-19.
The service, organised by the BHB’s Child and Adolescent Services team, will give support to children who may feel “heightened fears or w...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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Lobsters caught in Bermuda waters will be on sale for another month in a bid to help the struggling restaurant sector.
Lynn Bardgett, co-owner of the Lobster Pot in Hamilton, said the move was a lifeline for the trade.
She added her restaurant was do...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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A heavy police presence was involved in the arrest of a man yesterday.
A police spokesman confirmed officers were called to an incident in St John’s Road in Pembroke.
The spokesman added: “As a result, one man was arrested and detained in police cust...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Immigration has restarted work on applications with a reduced workforce, it was announced yesterday.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the department would process existing applications and emergency passports.
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DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Belco’s new multimillion dollar North Power Station has powered up.
The station went online at midnight on Tuesday after “many years of planning and construction”.
Dennis Pimentel, Belco’s president, said: “The commissioning of the North Power Statio...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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A bank has joined forces with a hotel to prepare healthy meals to seniors and vulnerable Bermudians.
Butterfield Bank and The Loren Hotel at Pink Beach will launch a meal programme tomorrow that will provide 500 meals a day until at least April 30.
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DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police made several arrests yesterday in connection with a break-in at a Hamilton restaurant.
It appeared the raiders broke into Coconut Rock on Reid Street through a glass door, which was boarded over later.
A police spokesman said the break-in was ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s white-collar union will fight for the rights of members whose lives have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, it promised yesterday.
Armell Thomas, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said it took its responsibilities seriou...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Peppercorn Ceremony in St George’s next month was today cancelled.
A spokesman for the Corporation of St George said the decision was made because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ceremony, scheduled to take place on April 22, was designed for the F...
DATE: Mar 30, 2020
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A hero Bermudian nurse in the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic in America said he fought down his own fear to keep on treating the patients in his care.
Davon Adams, a nurse in a level-one trauma centre in Washington, admitted he “would be lying i...
DATE: Mar 28, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes