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Hundreds of meals were handed out to frontline workers by a hotel as a token of appreciation for their efforts.
Healthcare staff and emergency service employees were among the people who collected a total of almost 750 breakfasts and lunches from the...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda is now under a 24-hour, shelter-in-place until May 2. There have been concerns about gaining access to food and other necessities. However, despite this state of emergency, the Government has reassured us that supply chains have not been disr...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Annabel Fountain
At the moment, the prospects are “dismal”, but Heidi Cowen is hoping a year-long fundraiser will get the Bermuda Arts Centre through the economic nightmare caused by Covid-19.
Long before the pandemic hit, seven artists committed to donating a painti...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Bermudian Devwah Whaley has been given a chance to realise his dream of playing in the National Football League after he was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Whaley, a running back at the University of Arkansas, was not selected in the NFL Draft at ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Pay cuts for civil servants should be on the table as the Government deals with the huge fiscal impact of the Covid-19 crisis, a former finance minister said.
Bob Richards said the Government was likely to face a revenue shortfall in the region of $...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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There may be long grocery store lines during Covid-19, but shopkeepers say they aren’t necessarily making a killing.
“The demand for products has increased, but so have our costs,” said Vernon Hassell, The MarketPlace vice-president of purchasing and...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Governments have announced ambitious programmes of economic relief. Regrettably, they remain trapped in the conventional modes of fighting recession, without acknowledging that this time it must be done differently.
Now that the waters of the devasta...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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A preliminary report on the possible future of the electricity sector was released by the industry watchdog tonight.
The Regulatory Authority published the document on its website and asked for public views to be submitted by June 2.
The authority sa...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda National Gallery Youth Arts Council, aimed at students aged 14-17, produces art activities relevant to the teens of today. The free programme provides opportunities for creative and independent thinking through an exchange of ideas and ar...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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This afternoon (April 27) the Governor, Mr John Rankin CMG, and the Deputy Governor, Ms Alison Crocket, visited the newly launched testing centre for essential workers at Southside, St David’s.
While there they observed the process — while maintain...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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