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Government has called on the public to say how they think Bermuda should move forward after Covid-19.
Jamahl Simmons, the Minister with Responsibility for Communications, said Government has taken an “all hands on deck” approach and want to get input...
DATE: Apr 17, 2020
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Access to information is still important even in the grip of a pandemic, the Information Commissioner said yesterday.
Gitanjali Gutierrez said that the Covid-19 crisis and decisions made to fight it needed to be available to the public. She was speak...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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Businesses have raised more than $1 million for medical equipment for the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
A BHB spokeswoman said the fundraising effort by Bermudian and international companies had pulled in $1,044,000 to help pay for essential medical suppl...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Day celebrations have been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, yesterday said the Bermuda Day Parade and half-marathon would not go ahead on May 29 this year.
Ms ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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Four police officers were in quarantine yesterday after a man who claimed he had Covid-19 was alleged to have coughed on two of them.
Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley said the man deliberately coughed on two officers after he was arrested on...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Service has set up a new hotline for non-emergency calls.
A police spokesman said the public can call the new number, 211, to report crimes or issues that do not require an immediate response.
The phone line will also allow the pub...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s courts have updated their procedures in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A practice direction, sent to those who work in both the Supreme Court and Magistrates’ Court by Alexandra Wheatley, the Supreme Court Registrar, details how hearing...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda National Gallery has turned to the internet to continue its mission to bring art to the public over the Covid-19 lockdown.
A spokesman said the gallery would host a talk by Bryan Ritchie, the 2020 Bermuda biennial artist, through the Zoom...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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A plan by a private jet firm to sell six seats on a flight to the US has flown into trouble.
David Burt, the Premier, said that the trip organised by Longtail Aviation to bring passengers back to Bermuda from the US and return to America had not yet ...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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Bermuda’s high schools have joined forces to make face shields for hospital staff.
Saltus Grammar School, Warwick Academy, Somersfield Academy, Bermuda High School and CedarBridge Academy have used their schools’ 3D printers to manufacture protective...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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