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A festive favourite enjoyed across the island at Christmas with or without a tot of rum is on the shelves early in a bid to boost morale in the Covid-19 crisis.
Families will be able to enjoy eggnog over Easter after a Bermuda business vowed to start...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two snow geese blown in by high winds have found a temporary home on St George’s golf course.
Paul Watson, a keen birdwatcher, said: “They were on the promontory near Blackbeard’s early Friday afternoon and, on Friday evening, they were on the old 13...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A free programme to deliver critical medical supplies to diabetics during the Covid-19 lockdown “gives people a sense of hope”, the chairwoman of the Bermuda Diabetes Association said yesterday.
Debbie Jones admitted: “It makes you want to cry, how g...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Duncan Hall
The public were enlisted last night in the fight against price gouging during the coronavirus crisis.
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, said an online reporting system had been created after “numerous calls” about price increases in stores.
Mr Roban ...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former national football supremo can add “virtual coach” to his résumé after he turned to video training sessions for players during the Covid-19 crisis.
Kenny Thompson has introduced inventive methods for housebound youngsters from his K-Tech prog...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Police warned that anyone breaching shelter-at-home rules would be dealt with after people under quarantine invited friends on social media to visit them at the centre where 123 people are being held in strict isolation for 14 days.
People brought ba...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A veteran sailor with close ties to Bermuda is missing in the Caribbean.
Bob Peel, the former captain of the Boadicea, the superyacht owned by Reg Grundy, the late Australian media mogul and former Bermuda resident, set out from Carriacou Island, Gre...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Retired police officers are to be recalled to bolster the thin blue line during the coronavirus crisis.
The Bermuda Ex-Police Association posted an advertisement on Monday and asked its members to consider signing up for short-term service.
The notic...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A baker is running an online class today to teach people how to make hot cross buns for the Easter holiday.
Kamilah Cannonier, the owner of Sweet Saak Bakery in St George’s, said her livestream masterclass would take people on lockdown through the pr...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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Police have arrested two more people in breach of the stay-at-home order.
A spokesman said a man was stopped in his car at about 4.15am on North Shore Road, near the junction with Radnor Road in Hamilton Parish, and found not to have a curfew exempti...
DATE: Apr 08, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell