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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
More than 2,000 people have now tested positive for Covid since reported numbers began, the Health Minister said last night.
The “ominous” milestone came as Government said 37 new cases were reported out of 1,528 test results received - a test posit...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Hospital services could be “tested” if the island was hit by another surge in Covid-19 cases, according to a senior doctor.
Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Staff, called for everyone to get vaccinated in order to take pressure o...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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
The recent spike in Covid-19 cases could hurt revenue for SailGP Bermuda, but the new CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority said the island still has much to gain from the event.
Charles Jeffers II said that while organisers have scrapped plans for ti...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Virtual lunch and learn sessions have been organised by the Ministry of Education’ as part of its signature school consultation process.
The first took place yesterday and the second is scheduled to take place on April 21, from 6pm to 7pm.
The meet...
DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Centenarian Winnie Oatley celebrated her 103rd birthday by planting a cedar tree at a nature reserve,
Ms Oatley was joined by her family and members of the Bermuda Zoological Society to mark the special occasion, on Trunk Island in Harrington Sound.
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DATE: Apr 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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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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A special exemption for the construction of a St George’s resort to continue during lockdown has been scrapped after two days, the developers said last night.
Construction bosses had queried why work at the St Regis was being allowed to carry on when...
DATE: Apr 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell