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A former United Bermuda Party senator, lawyer and businessman has died. J. Llewellyn Peniston was 74.
Mr Peniston was a former shipping agent who worked with cruise lines serving the island, including Carnival.
He started out in the industry with the...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Primary-school children from Warwick Academy have thanked frontline workers for their “superhero” efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic in a special video.
The banner on the video, posted on social media, said: “To all the brave men and woman on the f...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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More shoppers are using contactless cards to pay for goods during the Covid-19 pandemic to avoid handling cash and the need to put PIN numbers into a checkout keypad.
John Tester, the general manager of Pembroke-based point-of-sale equipment speciali...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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The island’s top nurse praised her staff yesterday for their selfless devotion to duty over the Covid-19 crisis.
Judy Richardson said she had never been so proud to be a member of the profession.
Ms Richardson added: “We have not shied away from the ...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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Health
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A Portuguese national who has lived in Bermuda for more than 20 years has lost a legal fight for naturalisation.
Marco Tavares asked the Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal to deny him residency rights in Bermuda.
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DATE: May 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An “unemployment pandemic” caused by the coronavirus outbreak will prove doubly traumatic for families already living from paycheque to paycheque, according to Sandy De Silva, director of services at the charity Family Centre.
Dr De Silva said job lo...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It is time to “throw away the rulebook”, slash red tape and empower entrepreneurs to lead Bermuda’s economic recovery, says a business agency leader.
Erica Smith, the executive director of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, said it was do...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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A return to a large-scale “hustle economy” will be one of the after-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastation of the economy, an employers’ representative has warned.
Keith Jensen, the president of the Bermuda Employers Council, said ther...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda will have to work harder to attract international business as competition with rival jurisdictions heats up during the Covid-19 crisis — and the time to adjust policies is now.
So say leading business-people, who believe struggling businesses...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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Covid-19 testing meant that Bermuda became tenth in the world for screening per capita, according to an online data site.
Worldometer figures showed that the island performed 4,489 tests — the figure as of 3pm on Monday, which worked out at 72.08 per...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter