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A businessman yesterday said he was inspired to help out the public after he spent hours in a queue to get a Covid-19 test.
Carl Vincent explained he was one of hundreds of people to be tested at the temporary Covid-19 clinic at the Perot Post Office...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An organisation launched to support frontline workers and island businesses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has extended a $50 gift card giveaway until Saturday.
Sean McNulty, the founder of the Frontline Foundation, said that its drive to donat...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Age Concern will start a virtual education programme next week covering legal, financial and computer literacy, the charity said yesterday.
A statement said the 11 sessions “cover many of the main issues people face as they age”, including how to st...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A bank has handed out $5,000 donations to three charities.
The Bermuda Commercial Bank gave the cash to food programme the Eliza DoLittle Society, the Women’s Resource Centre and the Centre Against Abuse.
Clare Mello, the executive director of the El...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A 16-year-old schoolgirl who died in a road accident on Sunday was last night identified as Amber Bridges.
Ms Bridges, from St George’s and a keen horse rider, was killed when her motorcycle and a van were in collision on South Road, Southampton just...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A series of raffles to reward people who have had the Covid-19 vaccine was unveiled yesterday in a bid to encourage the public to get the jabs.
The Back to Business Community Giveaway, created by the Bermuda Health Council in collaboration with the B...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian serving as a patrolman in a US police force was promoted to heartthrob status after a cheeky social-media message to his sergeant went viral.
Jamere Griffin, 26, born in Bermuda and an officer with the Gulfport Police Department in Miss...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A psychiatric nurse and vice president of the Bermuda Nursing Association yesterday won the Nurse of the Year award.
Karen Grant-Simmons, the clinic manager for acute community mental health services at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute, said she ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of three new cases of the coronavirus were identified in more than 5,800 test results that came back to health officials yesterday.
There are 20 active cases, with 19 being monitored by public health officials – the lowest number since March ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An increase in travellers caused long queues for Covid-19 testing at the main clinic in Hamilton over the weekend.
Some complained they had to wait more than two hours at the Perot Post Office before they got the test.
The lines for mandatory testing...
DATE: Jun 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
