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A cruise ship sparked curiosity yesterday when it was spotted offshore despite the island’s ports being closed to everything but essential cargo vessels.
The Bermudian-flagged Regal Princess diverted to the island to drop off an injured entertainer.
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DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Job losses in the construction sector are certain unless a steady flow of contracts is maintained after the Covid-19 crisis ends, the industry body warned yesterday.
Simon Tully and Will Irvine, of the Construction Association of Bermuda, said there ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans for the recovery of the visitor industry will be created despite massive cuts at the tourism authority, its chief executive pledged yesterday.
But Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive at the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said a return to pre-p...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “more aggressive” approach could have been taken to secure Covid-19 testing equipment, the Premier admitted last night.
David Burt said it was one of the lessons learnt from the response to a coronavirus outbreak at the Westmeath seniors’ care home...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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A search for fresh seafood cost a man $4,500 in fines at Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Clive Hook, 56, admitted he left his home in breach of the shelter-in-place regulations.
He also pleaded guilty to spearfishing inside a mile of shore, catching a ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A great among greats who dazzled on the pitch “when football was football” has died.
Glenn “Gappa” Wade, a stalwart for three decades with Pembroke Juniors and Dock Hill Rangers from the 1950s, was 80.
Wade was a dominant figure, especially alongside...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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Bermuda’s largest international reinsurers have proposed a slate of ideas designed to help get the island’s economy up and running again in the post-Covid-19 environment.
Suggestions by the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers include a par...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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The Government opened an online condolences book for Stanley Lowe, a former Speaker of the House of Assembly, yesterday.
Mr Lowe, the first black Speaker and who served as an MP for 44 years, died on Sunday, aged 82.
Mr Lowe was a member of the Parli...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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An international insurance underwriter and its staff have donated more than $100,000 to Covid-19 relief in Bermuda.
Argo Group International announced today that its Argo Foundation had agreed to donate $25,000 to the Covid-19 Emergency Fund.
The don...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who breached shelter in place curfew rules was fined $2,000 today.
Denton Paris, 48, pleaded guilty to the offence, which happened yesterday afternoon.
Magistrates’ Court heard that at about 3.40pm police saw Paris, of Sandys, sitting on a wall...
DATE: Apr 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes