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Another emergency repatriation flight between the United States and Bermuda will take off on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Tourism and Transport said the Delta flight would leave Fort Lauderdale, Florida with Bermuda-bound passengers at 10am and fly to At...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two friends have joined forces to promote kindness across the island as the population faces up to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vicki Abraham and Laura Bell of design and communications agency Two Four One set up the Bermuda Kindness Pandemic page on Face...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
More than 1,100 people have been given emergency unemployment payments after they were laid off work because of the coronavirus crisis.
Lovitta Foggo, the labour minister, said 1,142 applicants were given payments yesterday and another 400 applicatio...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s reserves of Covid-19 test kits will be boosted to about 2,000 after a relief flight from Britain arrives on Monday, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that a new laboratory enhanced with extra equipment also...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Essential workers will be able to bypass supermarket queues after a joint effort by island supermarkets, it was announced yesterday.
The companies involved said that the measure was designed to “ensure that those on the front lines, looking after us...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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After the announcement that Bermuda has entered a state of emergency, the Bermuda Hospitals Board is suspending services at the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre from today.
This is being done to focus much needed resources on the King Edward VII Memoria...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Health
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Press Release
The head of the island’s teachers union has slammed a decision to dock the wages of teachers who took industrial action in February.
Nishanthi Bailey, the president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that she had “no other option than to withdraw...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Education
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Shopping habits will be strictly regulated under the two-week shelter-at-home restrictions that started this morning.
Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said only limited movement would be allowed — a policy enforced by police officers and...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Two more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19, the health ministry revealed tonight.
The cases — both of whom are in hospital — bring the total for Bermuda to 37 cases.
The news came after 25 test results came back, 23 of which were clear.
A Gove...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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News Staff
A café has joined forces with a charity team to deliver meals to people in need over the coronavirus crisis.
Husband and wife Ben and Katerina Smith, owners of Nonna’s Kitchen on Hamilton’s Bermudiana Road, said they had worked with the Third Sector ...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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