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In response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) partnered with the Department of Education (DOE) to launch the “BZS Virtual GASS Programme”. Using ZOOM lessons, the BZS educators were able to provide free, high-quality educat...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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Press Release
An unhappy childhood split between Bermuda and the United States has produced a “hilarifying” memoir launched today by American publishing giant Simon & Schuster.
Kirkland Hamill coined the word for the dark and twisted comedy he discovered in writin...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A woman in United States for surgery after she was flown out by air ambulance has revealed the problems faced by residents trying to get screened for the coronavirus before they returned to the island.
Ginny Masters said it was almost impossible to b...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Concern about indoor air quality as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has given a businessman the bright idea to sell a panel light with a built-in air purifier.
Albert Simons ran his own tests with an air monitor to see if the light and its purifyin...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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A giant canvas took over the walkway to Masterworks Museum of Art at the weekend as members of the public turned out to imagine things to come.
A 200ft-long canvas was stretched out in the sunshine from the gallery entrance after the museum invited p...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have confirmed a firearms incident that took place on Friday night at a Sandys residence.
A spokeswoman said: “At about 11.20pm, police responded to a report of what was believed to be gunshots heard in the area of Rockywold Drive in Sandys. ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The restaurant where a dinner party that cost two government ministers their Cabinet seats was held has been slapped with a 14-day closure order.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said at the weekend the shutdown at Blu in Warwick would take effect fr...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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News Staff
The buy-up of two medical practices by an insurance firm has been branded a “huge conflict” by the chairman of a healthcare pressure group.
Mark Selley, the chairman of the Bermuda Healthcare Advisory Group, said that little information had been made...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A petition set up to block the introduction of 5G mobile phone technology has attracted more than 3,000 signatures.
Camilla MacPherson, of Bermuda Advocates for Safe Technology, said that there were sound scientific reasons to be wary of the dangers ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
A virtual therapy programme for young people set up in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis could become a permanent fixture, its creators have said.
Solstice, a psychological and psychiatric treatment centre, developed the Zoom-based Connect Virtual prog...
DATE: Jul 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan