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Laptops will be bought for 1,600 primary-school pupils after a donation from a German foundation.
The Hasso Plattner Foundation made the contribution after it emerged some children did not have access to devices for remote learning during the Covid-1...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Two police officers have come down with Covid-19, it was revealed tonight.
A police spokesman said one of the officers tested positive after returning from overseas and the other may have contracted the coronavirus on the island.
He added: “Both offi...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Health Council has launched surveys to gather feedback from the public, providers and insurers on the use and offering of telehealth services. Telehealth has been an important part of the response to COVID and an innovation that has its place wi...
DATE: Aug 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The Royal Gazette, in conjunction with The Washington Post, is happy to present livestream programming of the 2020 Democratic and Republican national conventions, continuing tonight with the DNC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Our desire is to continue serv...
DATE: Aug 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
RG Live
Bermuda could be set for thunderstorms — and finally some tank rain — as the remnants of a former tropical storm approach the island.
Tropical storm Josephine, the tenth named storm of a busy Atlantic hurricane season, was downgraded to a tropical de...
DATE: Aug 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Supplying Bermuda with imported bananas for the first time in months was not without risk, farmer and entrepreneur Roland “Junior” Hill said yesterday.
Mr Hill said he took a “big chance — there was a lot of money on the line”.
But he added: “It paid...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A drive for a memorial to a pioneer black footballer whose career was stonewalled by racism has surpassed its goal this week with the help of Bermudian player Clyde Best.
Jack Leslie, a friend of Mr Best’s, would have been the first black footballer ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Inverurie Executive Suites hotel has reopened two weeks ahead of its target date.
The hotel, on Harbour Road in Paget, reopened just before Cup Match after it had scheduled an August 16 date to throw open its doors again.
Owner Philip Akeroyd sai...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of possession of crack cocaine and other drugs, police said yesterday.
Police said a large quantity of suspected drugs was seized at a house in Pembroke on Wednesday morning.
A 21-year-old man was arrested for ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The 2020 hurricane season went up a notch yesterday with two tropical storms, Josephine and Kyle, churning through the West Atlantic.
Neither storm was rated a threat to the island by the Bermuda Weather Service, with Kyle headed for the North Atlant...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell