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The island’s war veterans are being used by an unscrupulous scammer, the Bermuda Legion has warned.
Carol Everson, a welfare case worker with the ex-services personnel charity, highlighted that a phone caller had used her name in an attempt to solici...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Efforts to safeguard families in emergency housing over the Covid-19 crisis are not good enough, a resident has claimed.
The woman, who lives in the Gulfstream housing complex in St David’s, said there was a cleaning service at the building — but tha...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A mixed-media artist from the Azores has become the first from overseas to be featured in an online gallery devoted to Bermudian art.
Lisa Howie, the owner of the Black Pony gallery, said Leonor Almeida Pereira’s abstract paintings explored “the ocea...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Duncan Hall
Post Office staff have started a reduced delivery service, the Government said today.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry for the Cabinet Office said that postal employees were delivering mail as “part of a limited, yet critical service”.
She added: “As...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Police and sniffer dogs yesterday continued the search for a missing senior today.
Teams of officers scoured sections of the Railway Trail in Paget as part of the hunt for Robert Douglas.
The 72-year-old was last seen in person near his home in My Lo...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
During the current Shelter in Place period, the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) is offering fire safety advice to the public in the form of Remote Home Fire Safety visits.
The BFRS notes that with more people at home, there is the likelihood o...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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An outdoor activity centre for the disabled has been forced to lay off most of its staff because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
WindReach, which has eight full-time employees, said it would operate with 2½ full-time equivalents from May 1 until it could r...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The St David’s Islanders and Native Community has cancelled its bi-annual Pow Wow which was set for June 6 & 7, as the Covid-19 health crisis continues to impact public gatherings.
“It is with our deepest regrets and heavy hearts that we, the Execut...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going.
The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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A veteran Girl Guides leader who became the island’s first black woman postmaster has died.
Janice Dill, who also worked for decades with the Salvation Army, was 88.
Ms Dill was part of a group of older Girl Guides from the Cedar Hill Land Rangers in...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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