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The International Island Games Association’s executive committee is urging its member islands, Bermuda included, to bounce back stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic which forced the 2021 NatWest Island Games in Guernsey to be put back to 2023.
The ex...
DATE: Apr 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
People are being asked to observe a one-minute silence from their homes today in honour of Prince Philip.
A spokeswoman for Government House said: “There will be a UK national one minute of silence tomorrow in honour of the late Prince Philip, the Du...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A roadside stall selling farm produce was closed by police yesterday because it breached Covid-19 regulations.
But Roland Hill, of J & J Produce, whose staff were selling the produce at Astwood Park, Warwick, said he didn’t realise he was breaking t...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
As Bermuda settled into its second lockdown, Royal Gazette videographer Kyle McNeil toured the island to capture the quiet stillness as people adjusted to stay-at-home orders.
Beaches, sports fields and streets across the island were clear of the cr...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Leona Thompson wasn’t going to let a hospital visit get in the way of celebrating her birthday.
Taken ill the day before she celebrated being aged 104, she told doctors, ’look, I want to go home, it’s my birthday’.
Reggie Simons, Ms Thompson’s 79-yea...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda has pledged $50,000 in aid to St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, where a volcano continues to erupt on the main island, forcing about 20,000 to evacuate.
The La Soufrière volcano, to the north of St Vincent, started to erupt last...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public is being warned about a fake phishing email asking for personal information about vaccinations.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The Government of Bermuda is advising the public that it is aware of a phishing email circulating, purporting t...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, has pledged to help rebuild a playground destroyed in a fire last week.
Mr Roban added that he supported the police in their investigation into last Saturday’s blaze at Pig’s Field Park, in Pembroke.
Mr Rob...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A group of sheep have perfectly demonstrated how to obey the stay-at-home order in a photo circulating on social media.
The National Museum of Bermuda captured and Tweeted the light hearted image of the sheep huddled in the doorway at the Commissione...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
As the countdown to the rescheduled Olympics hits the 100-day mark, the risks of staging the Games amid a pandemic remain very much prevalent in Japan.
The continued effects of Covid-19 on the Games were highlighted once again yesterday as the torch ...
DATE: Apr 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley