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A Hamilton café apologised today for causing concern after it told customers that a diner tested positive for the coronavirus.
Café Acoreano, on Washington Street, clarified that the Ministry of Health was carrying out contact tracing to determine wh...
DATE: Aug 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Inter Agency Committee for Children and Families has launched a training RFP.
Individuals who provide training in target areas are invited to submit a proposal by Monday September 14th.
More information is available online at https://iacbermuda...
DATE: Aug 23, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A stretch of road in Paget has reopened after it was shut off because of a burst water main this morning.
A police spokesman said the water had damaged part of the road and made it unsafe for traffic.
The affected area was on South Road, between Whit...
DATE: Aug 23, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A public notice was issued yesterday on the release of a sex offender from Westgate prison on Monday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Minister of Legal Affairs, said John O’Donald Fox would live in Devonshire.
Fox, 49, was convicted of sexual assault, assaul...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Covid-19 pandemic damage to the tourism industry has forced hoteliers to think long term, a resort general manager said yesterday.
Bushara Bushara, of Newstead Belmont Hills Golf Resort and Spa, said: “We are all planning for the future. It’s not...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The British media were branded “highly mischievous” yesterday by Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, after articles ran in two leading newspapers on a video that featured senior Bermudian officers.
The video, reported on by The Times and ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Voters will go to the polls on October 1 after the Premier called a General Election yesterday.
David Burt, the Progressive Labour Party leader, said the decision was based on financial prudency because of the possibility of multiple by-elections.
Bu...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A charity thrift store is to hold its first outdoor market today to try to keep its elderly volunteers safe from Covid-19.
Isabella Hall, the spokeswoman for Encore Thrift Shop, the fundraising arm of St John’s Church in Pembroke, said most of the sh...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Premier has appealed to the Governor to ask court officials to accept a 10 per cent salary cut “in the spirit of shared sacrifice”.
Mr Burt confirmed that court staff had threatened industrial action over the proposed reductions.
He said at Thurs...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An expanded government laboratory will be set up at Bermuda College to help train scientists in an “amazing” achievement for the island, the Premier said.
David Burt revealed that Carika Weldon, a geneticist, will move back home from Britain to set u...
DATE: Aug 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter