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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
People who have returned to Bermuda have been told it is vital to keep themselves quarantined.
Quarantine advice from the Government includes:
• Do not leave your house, other than to sit outside if there is nobody within three feet
• Ask a family me...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Bermuda’s first two cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed at about 4pm yesterday, it was revealed last night.
David Burt, the Premier, said one of the two residents had travelled from Britain and the other from the United States and the cases were unconne...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A plan to allow public school pupils to learn at home if schools are closed is being drawn up, the acting education commissioner said yesterday.
Llewellyn Simmons added that the goal was to keep public schools open.
Dr Simmons said that the Departme...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Two men have been arrested after a shooting that killed one man and injured another.
Police said 18 shots were fired in the area surrounding the junction of Court Street and Elliott Street, where Clarke Fox, 28, was wounded on Tuesday at about 2.45pm...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New restrictions on blood donations have been put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic — but new donors are still needed.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board said people cannot donate blood if they have either been to an area with an outbreak of Covi...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hotels have been set aside for passengers returning to the island who do not have their own space for mandatory 14-day self-quarantining, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security.
Mr Caines told a press conference three flights we...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Family Centre is to move to remote access to help care for its clients despite the Covid-19 crisis.
Martha Dismont, the charity’s executive director, said the change, which will start tomorrow, would protect staff as well as those who use its service...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell