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A divorced mother of two has appealed for better guidance from the Government on whether separated parents can meet during the coronavirus lockdown to hand over children.
The woman said she had not seen her two youngsters, aged 10 and 13, since April...
DATE: Apr 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A total of 263 deaths was predicted yesterday in a “better-case” scenario of the possible impact of Covid-19.
David Burt, the Premier, explained that a pandemic model for Bermuda highlighted a comparison between the worst-case scenario and a “better...
DATE: Apr 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Cup Match this year is at the mercy of the coronavirus — but people’s health must come first, the president of Somerset Cricket Club said yesterday.
Vashun Blanchette, whose club is scheduled to host the Annual Classic, insisted the welfare of people...
DATE: Apr 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Child protection staff workers have had 18 new referrals in the past 3½ weeks, the Minister of Legal Affairs revealed yesterday.
Kathy Lynn Simmons said the complaints had all been made to the Department of Child and Family Services since March 24.
S...
DATE: Apr 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
School pupils were among those who showed off their wackiest socks in aid of an island autism support charity yesterday.
Tomorrow’s Voices held the Autism Rocks Socks Day Home Edition event to help raise funds.
Stacy Hill, the funding and developmen...
DATE: Apr 18, 2020
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Other
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A charter flight is to bring home Bermudians stranded in Britain next Friday — along with a cargo of coronavirus test kits.
David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday that some of the test kits bought by the Cayman Islands were sold on to Bermuda and ha...
DATE: Apr 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Staff at the island’s largest supermarket chain have been kitted out with personal protective equipment to help combat spread of Covid-19.
A spokesman for The MarketPlace said staff at the stores and its PriceRite locations had been given face shiel...
DATE: Apr 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Standard & Poor’s, the United States ratings agency, has updated its outlook on Bermuda from positive to “stable”, the Ministry of Finance announced last night.
The move represents a minor downgrade for the island, reflecting the impact of the Covid-...
DATE: Apr 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government backed away from a blanket ban on deliveries by alcohol and tobacco wholesalers yesterday.
The change of heart came after David Burt, the Premier, said the day before that liquor and cigarette distributors were among the businesses shu...
DATE: Apr 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grocery store worker has denied he coughed on police officers and that he told them he had “the coronavirus”.
Taahir Augustus, 26, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to two charges of assault on police officers.
Mr Augustus also den...
DATE: Apr 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes