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A special Covid-19 hotline has taken more than 100 calls since it opened yesterday.
The news came as Kim Wilson, the health minister, toured the call centre and met its seven phone operators today.
Ms Wilson said: “I was grateful to be able to meet t...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Free online activities to keep pupils occupied over the schools shutdown are to be set up by private sector educational organisations.
BrainHub Learning Centre, Planet Math and the Bermuda Principles Foundation will offer activities sessions from Mo...
DATE: Mar 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Bermudians abroad were asked to return to the island “as soon as possible”.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport warned yesterday that more flight suspensions to Bermuda were “likely” and the Government did not want people stranded o...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A 22-year-old woman told a court that a 61-year-old man made lewd comments about her body and grabbed her buttocks.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons alleged that the defendant made “uncomfortable” comments about her breasts when he vi...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A string of assault and wounding charges against a lawyer have been withdrawn two days into a trial.
Prosecutors submitted a nolle prosequi, a request for an indefinite adjournment to the case, at the Magistrates’ Court trial of Kamal Worrell on Tues...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The public has been banned from the courts over the coronavirus crisis.
Alexandra Wheatley, the Supreme Court Registrar, said yesterday that only people involved in cases, the media and the parents and guardians of children would be allowed in the co...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A German couple who have visited Bermuda every year for more than a decade are heartbroken to have their trip postponed.
Susanne and Heinz-Joachim Klöpping had planned to spend their ninth wedding anniversary on May 1 in Bermuda, but were forced to c...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
At least six hotels will be shuttered this weekend because of the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
Cambridge Beaches in Sandys and the Hamilton Princess will close on a temporary basis on Saturday night and Elbow Beach in Paget and The Reefs in Southam...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A total of three people were arrested and a gun and suspected drugs seized after a police raid today, a BPS spokesman confirmed last night.
The spokesman said officers armed with a search warrant searched a house on Curving Avenue in Pembroke for sev...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A Bermudian family were quarantined in their Hong Kong home due to the coronavirus pandemic just weeks after they moved to the region.
Nijah Dyer, her husband, Shannon, and their children, Adrianna and Julius, moved to the city last December for Mr D...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways