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Two men who clashed over noisy kite-flying mended their bridges yesterday.
Duvon Powell, a founder of the Kite Warriors group, and businessman Steve Thomson agreed to meet after their confrontation about hummer-fitted kites was posted on social medi...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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A veteran lawyer has backed the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order, which came into force this morning.
Mark Diel admitted yesterday that the measure was extreme, but said the gravity of the situation demanded it.
He added: “If we have an earthquake, if...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another emergency repatriation flight between the United States and Bermuda will take off on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Tourism and Transport said the Delta flight would leave Fort Lauderdale, Florida with Bermuda-bound passengers at 10am and fly to At...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Two friends have joined forces to promote kindness across the island as the population faces up to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vicki Abraham and Laura Bell of design and communications agency Two Four One set up the Bermuda Kindness Pandemic page on Face...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Bermuda’s reserves of Covid-19 test kits will be boosted to about 2,000 after a relief flight from Britain arrives on Monday, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that a new laboratory enhanced with extra equipment also...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Essential workers will be able to bypass supermarket queues after a joint effort by island supermarkets, it was announced yesterday.
The companies involved said that the measure was designed to “ensure that those on the front lines, looking after us...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Shopping habits will be strictly regulated under the two-week shelter-at-home restrictions that started this morning.
Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said only limited movement would be allowed — a policy enforced by police officers and...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Two more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19, the health ministry revealed tonight.
The cases — both of whom are in hospital — bring the total for Bermuda to 37 cases.
The news came after 25 test results came back, 23 of which were clear.
A Gove...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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A café has joined forces with a charity team to deliver meals to people in need over the coronavirus crisis.
Husband and wife Ben and Katerina Smith, owners of Nonna’s Kitchen on Hamilton’s Bermudiana Road, said they had worked with the Third Sector ...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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Police warned today that they were aware of a plan by rogue motorcyclists for a breach of the 24-hour shelter in place order.
A spokesman said the “Moto Purge” had been promoted on social media with the intention of “pulling chase” from police office...
DATE: Apr 04, 2020
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