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A total of 23 Covid-19 cases linked to a seniors home were announced last night.
The infections at the Matilda Smith Williams Seniors Residence in Devonshire accounted for all but one of the 24 positive results from 80 test results revealed by Kim Wi...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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Health
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The Bermuda Day celebrations have been cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, yesterday said the Bermuda Day Parade and half-marathon would not go ahead on May 29 this year.
Ms ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Dagnall, a former deputy headmaster who taught in Bermuda for 19 years and was known for his ebullience in sporting circles, has died in England after a brief illness. He was 73.
Born in Appleby, Westmoreland, he came to the island in 1972 to t...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Ivan Clifford
The Premier has apologised to upset child daycare centre owners for an attack on them this week.
David Burt said: “I’m a big enough man that I can apologise and I can say I’m sorry if I offended anyone due to the tone and nature of my comments.
“I d...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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Education
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The island’s tourism authority will suffer cutbacks to stay afloat after the industry was demolished by the Covid-19 pandemic, it warned yesterday.
Paul Telford, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chairman, said the organisation was “taking steps to stem ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
To capture this unprecedented time, the National Museum of Bermuda is launching United Together: Sharing Bermuda’s Covid-19 Pandemic Stories, a project collecting electronic mementoes of people’s experiences as our community grapples with the coronav...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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Tourism
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Press Release
Police asked residents today to keep looking out for a senior who has been missing for more than three weeks.
Robert Douglas, 71, was last seen near his home on My Lord’s Bay Lane in Hamilton Parish on March 24.
A BPS spokesman said: “With the shelte...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Emergency measures to shore up the economy through the Covid-19 crisis were unveiled last night.
The assistance programme includes $12 million from the Government to back loans and grants for small and medium-sized businesses, administered through th...
DATE: Apr 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A nine-year-old girl who has not seen her healthcare worker dad for two weeks has written a heart-warming letter to him to thank him for his selfless devotion to duty.
Chylee Dill said she missed her father, Ronae Burgess, very much — but that she wa...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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Mass screening of hospital staff for the coronavirus is yet to start because of a shortage of test equipment.
Only seven Bermuda Hospitals Board employees had been tested for Covid-19 by last Sunday. There were no positive results.
BHB chief of staff...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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Health
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