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Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment today marked the holiday weekend with another round of duty on land and on sea.
Troops manned checkpoints across the island and worked from forward operating bases, including one at Warwick Academy, as well as...
DATE: Apr 12, 2020
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Services to celebrate Easter will go ahead despite Covid-19 church closures, Bermuda’s spiritual leaders promised yesterday.
The Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, the Anglican Bishop of Bermuda, said this Easter would be “unlike any other that we have ev...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Soldiers will get a little egg-stra in their rations after a pharmacy chain donated 200 Easter treats to the hard-working Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers who will spend the holiday on duty.
The Phoenix Stores pharmacy chain gave 200 chocolate Easter ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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The public have been warned to stop dumping trash in public places or taking it to the dump over the Covid-19 lockdown.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said: “Please stop leaving garbage at bus stops, public docks or in sch...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Closures of beaches and parks were not enough to keep kites out of the air as the island celebrated Good Friday.
While families were forced to avoid their usual gathering places because of restrictions imposed by the coronavirus outbreak, many chose ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudians marooned on a dream cruise, which turned into a nightmare after a Covid-19 outbreak, are back on home soil.
Twenty-two people, whose ship was denied entry to ports in the southern hemisphere, returned on two private jets and said they were...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Colin Thompson
Chronic diseases make Covid-19 even more dangerous in Bermuda, a doctor said yesterday.
Annabel Fountain, an endocrinologist at Fountain Health, explained that non-communicable diseases were dangerous on their own, but made sufferers more vulnerable ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Supply shortages have meant that some frontline police officers have had to go without face masks, a member of the Bermuda Police Service said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Darrin Simons said on Thursday: “I appreciate that when members of the publ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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An emergency homeless shelter has been moved from Pembroke to Prospect.
The shelter, set up under the state of emergency shelter in place regulations, was transferred from the Berkeley Institute to CedarBridge Academy.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorne...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Police today warned against “house parties” over the Covid-19 crisis.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said police had received several calls to complain about loud music and parties.
Mr Weekes said: “The BPS has also received reports t...
DATE: Apr 11, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes