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The highest disaster level alert was last night introduced in Bermuda’s hospitals after an increase in Covid-19 admissions to intensive care.
Michael Richmond, the president and CEO of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said the upgrade to Disaster Level 4...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Police were out in force from last night to ensure the public sticks to new curfew restrictions.
The curfew, one of several public safety restrictions announced by Government on Wednesday to stem a spike in Covid-19 cases – will come into force in th...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The national security minister last night offered her “sincerest condolences” to the family, loved ones and friends of murdered Duane Gibbons.
Renée Ming said: “This is such a concerning and tragic death and I urge anyone with any knowledge of Mr Gib...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bus services were yesterday cancelled after drivers took industrial action over Covid-19 fears.
A transport ministry spokeswoman said the staff had “raised concerns regarding health and safety in the workplace”.
The news came after Derrick Binns, the...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The leader of a crisis support service offered advice to people in quarantine who suffered domestic violence.
Laurie Shiell, the Centre Against Abuse executive director, said that the need to stay at home under coronavirus rules sometimes meant exte...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Information on Covid-19 cases behind bars will not be released after several Westgate inmates missed court appearances because they were in quarantine, the Government said yesterday.
The news came after the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday that two def...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Campaigners and trades unions today appealed to the UK to back a drive to make coronavirus vaccine available to developing countries.
A statement from the Bermuda Trade Union Congress, Social Justice Bermuda and Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda –...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Work on a shelter for homeless women and their children got a major boost that will “help put us over the finish line”, according to Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity Bermuda.
The Habitat ReStore in Hamilton this week donated $6...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health chiefs tonight appealed to the public not to attend a prayer gathering at the hospital scheduled for this evening.
The call came after a flyer posted on social media asked for an evening of prayer at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital from ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A grieving mother said yesterday she had no idea why someone would want to kill her son.
Freda Gibbons said Duane Gibbons, a hotel worker, was a cheerful, well-liked person who “spoke to everybody” and was devoted to playing golf, especially at the ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell