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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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Newlyweds on a honeymoon cruise in the southern hemisphere on a ship badly affected by with Covid-19 have both contracted with the disease, it was revealed yesterday.
The Royal Gazette earlier reported that a 78-year-old Pembroke man who had been on ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Shelter-in-place regulations to combat the spread of Covid-19 will be extended into next month, the Premier announced last night.
David Burt said the Cabinet had decided to prolong shelter-in-place restrictions by another two weeks until May 2 after ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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