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A student spent weeks in quarantine and lockdown as part of an international team that designed an online tool to track potential cases of Covid-19.
Gabe Jones, who is studying computer science at the University of Edinburgh, teamed up with Lee McArt...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Restaurants and the hospitality sector face a bleak future after a long-established bar announced it was to shut up shop because of the coronavirus crisis, owners warned yesterday.
Philip Barnett, of the Island Restaurant Group, said: “Until we’re ab...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The search for a missing young mother covered parts of the West End of the island yesterday.
A team looking for Chavelle Dillon-Burgess combed parts of Sandys, including areas around Lagoon Park, Lefroy House, Albert Row and Sea Glass Beach.
Others c...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
British Airways said yesterday it would not restart “meaningful” services until July at the earliest — and there could be a 50 per cent reduction in capacity.
Willie Walsh, the chief executive of IAG, the parent company of BA, said the return of flig...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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Public health experts have still to calculate the reproductive rate of Covid-19 on the island, the Minister of Health has said.
Kim Wilson was asked by The Royal Gazette if she could share the R0, or R-nought, a value that represents the number of ne...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Charity leaders said yesterday they feared the impact the end of support from an emergency fund could have on Covid-19 crisis services.
The Bermuda Community Foundation told emergency fund grant recipients this week that the scheme was “beginning to ...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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Residents plunged into hardship by the Covid-19 crisis will be able to make a one-time withdrawal of $12,000 from their pension pot under legislation to be fast-tracked through the House of Assembly today.
However, dipping into retirement savings pre...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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MPs will honour the late Speaker of the House Stanley Lowe today as the legislature sits in a virtual session.
Members of Parliament and senators were expected to pay tribute to the former Speaker and veteran Parliamentarian, who was buried on Wednes...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A series of credit card frauds worth about $15,000 are being investigated by police.
A spokesman said that the incidents happened before shelter in place rules were imposed to held fight the spread of Covid-19.
He added: “At least three establishme...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The Ministry of Public Works advises that the Barkers Hill Footbridge, located adjacent to the Ocean View Golf Course, will be closed to the public as of Saturday, 9 May 2020.
The closure will allow for the replacement of timber planking and, weathe...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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Other
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Press Release