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Closures of beaches and parks were not enough to keep kites out of the air as the island celebrated Good Friday.
While families were forced to avoid their usual gathering places because of restrictions imposed by the coronavirus outbreak, many chose ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Chronic diseases make Covid-19 even more dangerous in Bermuda, a doctor said yesterday.
Annabel Fountain, an endocrinologist at Fountain Health, explained that non-communicable diseases were dangerous on their own, but made sufferers more vulnerable ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Police today warned against “house parties” over the Covid-19 crisis.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said police had received several calls to complain about loud music and parties.
Mr Weekes said: “The BPS has also received reports t...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Bermuda could suffer as many as 700 Covid-19 deaths it was warned last night as the country recorded its third fatality from the disease.
David Burt, the Premier, revealed the grim projection after he announced an 80-year-old man had died in hospital...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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A developer has been ordered to pay legal costs after he abandoned an effort to fight the validity of a prosecution over a failed hotel project.
Michael MacLean had asked for a judicial review of the Director of Public Prosecution’s 2018 decision to ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Three people were today charged with breaches of state of emergency regulations at an online sitting of Magistrates’ Court.
Rickai Raynor, 22, from Southampton, pleaded not guilty to allegations that he broke shelter in place rules by driving a car a...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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The public were enlisted last night in the fight against price gouging during the coronavirus crisis.
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, said an online reporting system had been created after “numerous calls” about price increases in stores.
Mr Roban ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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A veteran sailor with close ties to Bermuda is missing in the Caribbean.
Bob Peel, the former captain of the Boadicea, the superyacht owned by Reg Grundy, the late Australian media mogul and former Bermuda resident, set out from Carriacou Island, Gre...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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The urgent care centre in the East End was shut down to keep as many medical staff as possible available to man the general hospital as it prepared to come under “unprecedented pressure” due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Bermuda Hospitals Board said to...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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More troops are to be called up to boost the enforcement of the state of emergency shelter-in-place regulations, the Government said last night.
Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said he would today ask John Rankin, the Governor, to incre...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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