Inter-Island Communications News Brief – June 24, 2021

Inter-Island Communications News Brief - November 25, 2019

Despite the temporary discomfort, we need to trust the public health experts and their guidance to successfully move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. This from Senate President Joan Dillas Wright during yesterday’s sitting of the Upper House, during her contribution to the debate over the Public Health Emergency Act extending the state’s emergency powers for another 60 days.

Protecting Bermuda and her citizens from the pandemic on every possible level is an existential priority for the government, which is why every tool must remain available until the crisis has passed. This from Independent Senator Michelle Simmons during her contribution to the debate over the Public Health Emergency Act extending the state’s emergency powers for another 60 days.

The Eastern Counties Classic is an essential component of the summer sports calendar in Bermuda, and we should all support it – especially this year. This from Premier David Burt as he presented a 20 thousand dollar check to the ECCA on the Cabinet grounds.

A police spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police Service can confirm that 56-year-old man who was shot multiple times during a firearms incident which occurred around 7:30pm on Wednesday 16th June at Darrell’s Wharf in Warwick, has now been transferred from the Intensive Care Unit, to a general ward at the King Edward Hospital. As the investigation into this brazen daylight attack continues, and Detectives are renewing their appeal for the public’s help in identifying the suspects, who escaped on a motorcycle. The rider was wearing a dark coloured top and light pants, the passenger – that is, the gunman – was wearing a blue jacket and dark pants. After the shooting, the suspects rode off headed west along Harbour Road. Investigators are once more asking that area residents with any CCTV – please check through their footage from 7pm to 8pm last Wednesday. Any residents on Harbour Road with CCTV cameras that overlook the street, or persons with dash cameras who may have driven through the area at or around the time of the shooting, are urged to get in contact with us and provide any information you may have, no matter how insignificant it may seem, to help bring the perpetrators to justice.”