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A new association designed to reunite old comrades from the Royal Bermuda Regiment and promote service in the military has been launched.
Major Preston Gill, the president of the Royal Bermuda Regiment Association, said the organisation was designed ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 28-year-old man died this morning after being shot yesterday in a daylight attack on Court Street.
Another man remains in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. His condition is not known.
Bermuda Police Service confirmed the death of Clarke Fox, who s...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of 90 coronavirus test kits are now on the island and more are expected by the end of the week, the Premier’s Office said last night.
A spokeswoman said the testing equipment already here — which can give a result in as little as 24 hours — w...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian student in self-quarantine appealed for others to do what they could to curb the potential spread of Covid-19.
Isabella Zuill-McKenzie, a student at London Metropolitan University, went into self-quarantine on Sunday after she returned to...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Catholic Church suspended Masses yesterday — including funerals — amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bishop Wieslaw Spiewak said that priests across the island would celebrate Mass alone “for the intentions of the people of his parish” and that committa...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A boutique hotel will suspend operations today and move its restaurant to takeaway service only to slow the potential spread of Covid-19, it announced yesterday.
The Rosedon Hotel asked most of its staff to stay at home for the next month as the isl...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A bulk supplier had to limit entry for shoppers yesterday as panic buying over the coronavirus pandemic entered its second week.
The management admitted a few people at a time at A&M Bulk on Devil’s Hole Hill in Smith’s, as bottled water, canned good...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Pupils from private schools closed amid fears about Covid-19 are still required to “be in school” during class hours, the education minister warned yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said in a letter sent to at least one private school that he had received “n...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Two airlines have suspended flights to Bermuda, the Government said yesterday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport said that American Airlines and WestJet had dropped flights.
He said: “Effective immediately, American Airlines inb...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre has restricted services and delayed appointments as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
Lynne Woolridge, the CEO of the charity, said: “Our cancer patients are vulnerable to Covid-19. For this reason, we are committing t...
DATE: Mar 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff