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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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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The woman who has led Family Centre since it started is to step down today as the charity celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Martha Dismont, who will hand over to new executive director Sandy DeSilva, said the organisation had been a labour of love.
Ms...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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Public Covid-19 testing scheduled to take place in Warwick this afternoon has been cancelled.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said “pop-up” testing was supposed to take place at the Heron Bay MarketPlace, but it has been scrapped because of ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An injured falcon nursed back to health last year has decided to stay in Bermuda, zoologists have revealed.
A tracker device has shown the peregrine falcon, christened Milly after she was found weak an underweight last November, and which was release...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has detailed Covid-19 safety precautions for residents who return from overseas.
All travellers will have to complete a travel authorisation process online and pay a $75 fee to cover the cost of a Covid test.
They must also wear face m...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda must go beyond black people in advertisements to attract African-American tourists, the head of the island’s tourism quango has warned.
Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said that diversity in the orga...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A top hotel has announced that it will remain shut until next year because of the Covid-19 crisis and that staff would be made redundant.
Scott Kitson, a co-owner of the Rosedon Hotel, in Pembroke, said hotel staff already laid off would lose their j...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds of people have backed a petition to demand a delay to the resumption next week of air travel from the United States.
Flights between Bermuda and the US are scheduled to resume on July 6, but an online petition said it was feared that commerc...
DATE: Jun 29, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes