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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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As we sit in our homes for the next two or more weeks under the curfew imposed by the Government — which I agree with as a necessity to control Covid-19 — we may feel this is unnecessary. Some will feel stressed for being confined. However, it is for...
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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Jonathan Bell
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
Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, delivered a statement on the vehicle licensing process while TCD is closed due to restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 outbreak.
To read the statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media...
DATE: Apr 10, 2020
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News Staff
As Covid-19 sweeps across the globe, many companies are choosing to retract, suspend or reduce dividends to preserve cash and ensure liquidity.
Dividend payments are a method of returning value to shareholders, the propriety of which, apart from ques...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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More than $500,000 has been donated to an emergency fund to help the island’s most vulnerable people as charities battle to meet hardships caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
About 80 donors have contributed to the Bermuda Community Fund-administered rese...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Banks are to open their doors for one day a week to offer limited retail banking services. The initiative is designed primarily to assist seniors and other vulnerable members of society. The Bermuda Bankers Association has obtained approval from Curt...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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Couriers firms have kept up the flow of essential items during the shelter-in-place measures imposed to combat the pandemic.
Kevin Smith, the managing director at International Bonded Couriers and ZipX, said the company was still on the job despite b...
DATE: Apr 09, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell