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The urgent care centre in the East End was shut down to keep as many medical staff as possible available to man the general hospital as it prepared to come under “unprecedented pressure” due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Bermuda Hospitals Board said to...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (“Third Point Re”) (NYSE: TPRE), a Bermuda-based reinsurance company, has announced the donation of $55,000 to the Bermuda COVID-19 Emergency Fund. The fund was created by the Bermuda Community Foundation (BCF) to respond...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Press Release
Police today asked for the public’s help finding a 71-year-old man who has been missing for two weeks.
A police spokesman said that the whereabouts of Robert Douglas is “a matter of priority for police”.
He added: “There have been several reported si...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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A nature camp that went online as a way around coronavirus lockdown has been hailed as a success.
The Bermuda Zoological Society said using remote learning for its popular spring break camp would help the launch of a BZS online schools programme.
Jam...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition voiced thanks for a charter flight bringing residents home, as well as the Government’s call for landlords to the show compassion for tenants.
Craig Cannonier, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, thanked John Rankin, the Governor, ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fast-food chain has claimed permission to run an online grocery service was pulled two days after it was given government approval for the move.
Buzz said yesterday that it learnt through social-media posts that the grocery business would not be al...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A state of emergency to fight the Covid-19 crisis was rubber-stamped by the House of Assembly yesterday.
MPs unanimously approved the measure, to run to 6am on April 18, after John Rankin, the Governor, signed it into law last week.
David Burt, the P...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men have been charged with breaches of the 24-hour shelter-in-place order that came into force at the weekend.
Christopher Eggen, 31, from Southampton, was alleged to have breached the curfew last Sunday.
He denied the offence, but yesterday seni...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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Court
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A British Airways charter flight returned 129 people who had been stranded in Britain to the island yesterday.
The aircraft delivered passengers, including seniors and students, as well as 1,800 virus test kits and personal protection equipment for e...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Social-media messages should be included in official documents as the island battles the Covid-19 crisis, the Information Commissioner said yesterday.
Gitanjali Gutierrez asked government officials to make sure that proper records were kept as peopl...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter