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A man was fined after he was found by police in Warwick in breach of the island-wide lockdown.
Kalio Govia, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty to the offence in an online sitting of Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday.
Govia, 36, of Pembroke, was stopped on...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police are investigating a break-in at a Pembroke grocery store in the early hours of Saturday.
A police spokesman said that police received a call that an alarm at Arnold’s Supermarket on St John’s Road had been triggered just before 2.30am.
The spo...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Care home staff will be banned from working at multiple sites under amendments planned by the Ministry of Health.
Health minister Kim Wilson announced the move yesterday to try to cut the risk of Covid-19.
She was speaking after The Royal Gazette rep...
DATE: Apr 12, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of Covid-19 cases hit the 50 mark yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that two more tests had come back positive.
She added 28 had recovered, eight were hospitalised and were still under public health monitoring, but did not need hospitalisation.
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DATE: Apr 12, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Owain Johnston-Barnes