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Significant progress on preparations for an influx of Covid-19 patients has been made at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, its chief of staff said.
Michael Richmond explained that the Bermuda Hospitals Board had planned for the worst.
He said on...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Soldiers and police officers have the protective equipment they need to help the island battle Covid-19.
Major Preston Gill, the Royal Bermuda Regiment coronavirus response commander and planner, explained that troops were ordered to follow strict gu...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Caribbean, as well as Bermuda, is facing a new reality of social distancing and restrictions on movement as they battle their fears during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Dominican Republic has been hit the hardest of the 28 countries in the region wi...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
A charity devoted to women and children has been given a $40,000 boost to help families struggling from the effects of the Covid-19 crisis.
Elaine Butterfield, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said the cash would be used to pay ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
School staff were saluted for their hard work in the Covid-19 crisis by the education minister.
Diallo Rabain said that a lot had been asked of public school principals, teachers and support workers in these “unprecedented times”.
He told them in a ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Belco’s new multimillion dollar North Power Station has powered up.
The station went online at midnight on Tuesday after “many years of planning and construction”.
Dennis Pimentel, Belco’s president, said: “The commissioning of the North Power Statio...
DATE: Apr 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A bank has joined forces with a hotel to prepare healthy meals to seniors and vulnerable Bermudians.
Butterfield Bank and The Loren Hotel at Pink Beach will launch a meal programme tomorrow that will provide 500 meals a day until at least April 30.
B...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Great Bermuda Takeout Day is being launched to encourage people to support local food outlets.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is promoting the initiative on Thursday to help eateries who are continuing to provide home and kerbside deliveries.
Chie...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police renewed an appeal to trace a missing 71-year-old yesterday.
Robert Douglas was last seen seven days ago near his home on My Lord’s Bay Lane in Hamilton Parish.
Police said finding him was a priority. Mr Douglas was said to be about 6ft 2in, of...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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Other
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Police made several arrests yesterday in connection with a break-in at a Hamilton restaurant.
It appeared the raiders broke into Coconut Rock on Reid Street through a glass door, which was boarded over later.
A police spokesman said the break-in was ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes