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A task force has been assembled to help the island’s most vulnerable people weather the Covid-19 storm, the Premier said tonight.
David Burt added that the Government’s first course of action “was to identify the impact and determine what is required...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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Cyber criminals could take advantage of the Covid-19 crisis to hack the computers of people working from home, the national security minister warned today.
Wayne Caines said that there were reports from other countries that “malicious parties are alr...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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Big-hearted drinks giant Bacardi is to help produce more than a million litres of hand sanitiser at its distilleries around the world to bolster the battle against Covid-19.
The Bermudian-based firm stepped in to help after supplies of the potential ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) has launched an online platform to support local businesses that have moved quickly in the wake of COVID-19, innovating what they do to remain viable and continue serving customers.
Couriers and restaurants are offeri...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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Police appealed for help to find a missing senior this afternoon.
Robert Douglas was last seen at about 4pm yesterday near his home on My Lord’s Bay Lane in Hamilton Parish.
Police said the 71-year-old often walked between his house and the Crawl Hil...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police and Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers have teamed up to enforce Covid-19 quarantine and isolation restrictions, it was announced yesterday.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes warned that the power to detain offenders “will be conside...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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A van used to give free rides to seniors and disabled people is back on the road after an insurance company stepped in, the head of the charity that provides the service said yesterday.
Cindy Swan, the chairwoman and co-founder of Project Action, sai...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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An emergency housing complex is to introduce special measures today to make sure its clients are not forced on to the streets over the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Salvation Army said it had drawn up a scheme to provide round-the-clock accommodation at its...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Talks to end industrial action by trash collection workers are under way, the Premier said last night.
Sanitation staff stopped work yesterday over what the public works ministry said were “concerns raised by workers”.
Mr Burt said that trash coll...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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A financial safety net of up to $500 a week will be set up by the Government for people thrown out of work as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the labour minister promised yesterday.
Lovitta Foggo said her ministry would “do what it can to assist t...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell