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Bermuda’s high schools have joined forces to make face shields for hospital staff.
Saltus Grammar School, Warwick Academy, Somersfield Academy, Bermuda High School and CedarBridge Academy have used their schools’ 3D printers to manufacture protective...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Protective mask manufacture has turned into a cottage industry for one woman and her sewing machine.
Kendra-Lee Pearman, an educational psychologist, learnt how to sew at the Berkeley Institute and is from a long line of seamstresses.
Now she has tur...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A decision to extend the Covid-19 shelter in place regulations could be announced today, the Premier signalled last night.
David Burt said that Cabinet discussions today could include an extension of the lockdown, due to end on Saturday.
He added tha...
DATE: Apr 14, 2020
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A charity has partnered with a delivery company to help at-risk children and families during the coronavirus outbreak.
Gina Spence Productions is providing gift cards for food and medicine for 23 families, with Sargasso Sea agreeing to deliver them.
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DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Coastguard boats on patrol escorted two vessels to St George’s for customs clearance last week.
The service, part of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, also intercepted and turned back a boat with four people on board who had headed out to fish because the ...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Supermarket workers have been praised for pulling out all the stops to keep the island supplied with food and other essentials during the Covid-19 crisis.
Mitchell Foote, the assistant manager of Shelly Bay MarketPlace, said his exhausted staff had “...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A charity tending to homeless cats claimed its stay-at-home waiver got pulled without warning, as authorities during the holiday contended with continued lockdown violations.
Police reported the public had ventured out without approved exemptions, on...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Bermudian students quarantined in a hotel have expressed their thanks after being brought home when Covid-19 reduced society to a standstill.
Dozens of people have been staying at the island resort to stop the spread of the killer virus since they re...
DATE: Apr 13, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The number of Covid-19 cases hit the 50 mark yesterday.
Kim Wilson said that two more tests had come back positive.
She added 28 had recovered, eight were hospitalised and were still under public health monitoring, but did not need hospitalisation.
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DATE: Apr 12, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police thanked the public for help in locating 16-year-old Nolldre Brown.
The teen, reported missing earlier this evening, returned home safely in good health.
DATE: Apr 12, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell