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Belco has pushed back the deadlines for its annual scholarships until the end of next month.
The application period had been scheduled to close on Thursday.
A Belco spokesman said: “Students are currently coping with unforeseen, unprecedented circums...
DATE: Apr 27, 2020
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Bermuda’s gamers will soon be able to test their mettle against one another from the comfort of their homes.
A spokesman for the BDA Esports League said an online Apex Legends tournament would be held on May 2, with gamers from across the island comp...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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The public have been urged to “make some noise” today to honour those on Bermuda’s front line.
A spokesman for the Fairmont Southampton said the hotel called on people to honk car horns, make music or clap for essential workers at 5pm today for five ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2020
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Separated parents who share custody of their children will be able to move them between their homes after an amendment to state-of-emergency rules.
Changes to the shelter-in- place order included a provision to allow parents who do not live together ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Efforts to safeguard families in emergency housing over the Covid-19 crisis are not good enough, a resident has claimed.
The woman, who lives in the Gulfstream housing complex in St David’s, said there was a cleaning service at the building — but tha...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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An outdoor activity centre for the disabled has been forced to lay off most of its staff because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
WindReach, which has eight full-time employees, said it would operate with 2½ full-time equivalents from May 1 until it could r...
DATE: Apr 23, 2020
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Covid-19 has caused massive unemployment among taxi drivers and the restaurant trade, industry figures said yesterday.
David Frost, the president of the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association, said almost 600 taxi drivers were off the road because of the pa...
DATE: Apr 22, 2020
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Some businesses thought to be eligible to reopen yesterday after Covid-19 regulations were relaxed were unable to do so because they still had to get government permission.
A spokeswoman for Hendy’s Laundromat on Union Street, Pembroke, said staff ha...
DATE: Apr 21, 2020
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Staff at a Pembroke restaurant have turned its kitchen over to help elderly residents at a nursing home.
Rob Bruni, the manager of Huckleberry at the Rosedon Hotel, said staff had answered an urgent call for help after a string of Covid-19 cases amon...
DATE: Apr 21, 2020
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The public have dug deep into their pockets to support Family Centre’s work to help people left in dire straits by the coronavirus shutdown.
Martha Dismont, the charity’s executive director, said demand for assistance had increased because of the Co...
DATE: Apr 20, 2020
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