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Government should offer incentives to overcome vaccine hesitancy, give more clarity on unemployment benefit and give a Plan B to families and employers if schools cannot reopen on April 12 as planned,…

Premier David Burt today warned that Government may be reporting triple digit Covid cases for the first time tomorrow. Speaking on the Shirley Dill show on Ocean 89 this morning, the Premier warned th…

City Hall will be closed to the public from tomorrow as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. And insurance firm BF&M will also be closed to walk-in customers because of the current spike in cases. A…

A government backbencher pledged to work for unity and equality in his maiden speech in the House of Assembly. Jaché Adams, who was elected in Pembroke West in the General Election, highlighted Bermud…

Premier David Burt and Health Minister Kim Wilson are due to hold a press conference at 5pm today to give an update on Covid-19. This follows news from last night that there are now more than 200 act…

A “warrior for Bermuda” was mourned yesterday in the House of Assembly. Jan Martin, a founding member of the pressure group Move Bermuda, died this week aged 59. David Burt, the Premier, said Ms Marti…

The finance minister told MPs he was “disappointed” that the Auditor-General was unable to give a clean audit for the latest financial statements of the Government’s general operating fund. Curtis Dic…

Apart from the global pandemic that has many governments scrambling to cope with a virus that has brought so many powerful nations to their knees, there are other horrific incidents such as refugee ca…

Government last night refused to give details surrounding public service officers affected by the current Covid-19 outbreak. The Royal Gazette posed questions in relation to comments made in the …

Essential workers were shown just how much they are appreciated after being presented with ’thank you’ cards and goody bags yesterday. Years 7 and 8 students at the Bermuda High School made the cards …

An entrepreneur who set up his own mask-making business has donated 50 of his products to the disabled. Kenneth Pushā, owner of Mask’d Co, made the donation to the K Margaret Carter Centre – a governm…

Bermuda has recorded a further 33 cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the number of active cases to 213. But David Burt, the Premier, said that, while continued high numbers of coronavirus cases were to…

Offenders who breach Covid-19 safety regulations will be issued with a fixed penalty ticket under legislation passed in the House of Assembly tonight. And public health officers will have the authorit…

Laws to criminalise revenge porn received widespread support in the House of Assembly today. The Criminal Code Amendment (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2021 was approved with the …

Repairs on a collapsed section of Harbour Road in Warwick have been extended until mid-April after missing repeated deadlines, the Ministry of Public Works said today. A ministry spokesman said the fo…

Walk-in service at the Department of Ageing and Disability Services has been put on hold due to the recent surge of Covid-19 cases. A spokeswoman said the Department will remain open and accept telep…

The City of Hamilton will crack down on those who misuse disabled parking spaces, it was announced today. Those who park in one of the 73 designated disabled parking bays in the city without a disable…

An appeal has been launched to raise more than $200,000 to cover the cost of the hospital’s Covid vaccination clinic. The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation (BCHF), the fundraising arm of the Ber…

Butterfield Bank announced today that staffing levels in their Bermuda banking centres will temporarily be reduced as they return to split teams working alternating shifts beginning on Monday. Banking…

A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning. Diallo Rabain, the education minister…

Students at Somersfield Academy will move into remote learning from Monday, according to a letter to parents from the Principal. Somersfield principal Carlos Symonds said in the letter that the school…

Repairs at Darrell’s Wharf and the railings at Flatts Bridge are to be awarded to contractors next week. Other “shovel ready” infrastructure works put out for quotes under the Government’s stimulus pr…

More than 20,000 vaccines and related equipment from the UK is expected to arrive early next month, a spokeswoman for Government House said today. When the shipment arrives, it will take the total num…

Global insurance and reinsurance company SiriusPoint Ltd has signed up as the lead sponsor for this year’s Earth Hour. Earth Hour, tomorrow, is one of the world’s largest grassroots movements for …

A woman fired for her “autocratic” management style has had her unfair dismissal award slashed by the Supreme Court. In a written judgment dated March 23, Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams upheld a f…

Efforts will be made to increase the number of police officers this year, the Senate heard yesterday. Curtis Richardson, the Junior Minister of Health, Transport and National Security, said that while…

A sex assault case which has taken almost three years and 22 court hearings to come to trial was adjourned again this week, despite a magistrate’s insistence that it could be delayed no longer. The co…

A chef, West End restaurant owner and pillar of the Somerset community has died at 58. Donald Hassell, proprietor of the Somerset Country Squire at Mangrove Bay, was a “brilliant, kind, generous and f…

A cruise ship sailing from a home port in Bermuda this summer is expected to make 12 voyages from Dockyard, Government revealed yesterday. Royal Caribbean announced on Tuesday that the Vision of the S…

More than 100 bird species were spotted in Bermuda last month – including the first sighting of a mountain bluebird on the island. Paul Watson and Erich Hetzel of the Bermuda Audubon Society said the …

The number of active cases of Covid-19 has jumped to 184 as the Ministry of Health tonight confirmed another 34 cases of the virus in Bermuda. The new cases – from among 1,191 test results received by…

A batch of Covid-19 vaccines was left to defrost for longer than recommended before being administered to recipients earlier this month. Chief Medical Officer Ayoola Oyinloye sent a letter today to th…

The Bermuda Sail Grand Prix will go ahead without in-person spectators at Cross Island, organisers announced this afternoon. A spokesman for SailGP said: “While the event is very much going ahead, in …

Two new test centres for the coronavirus have been added by the Ministry of Health for next week. The pop-up locations are at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke and the Horseshoe Bay Beach c…

Professional services firm KPMG has closed its offices until further notice after two people tested positive for Covid-19, The Royal Gazette can reveal. A KPMG spokeswoman confirmed this afternoon tha…

Police have called on the public to help find two people involved in a hit-and-run collision that left two men injured. A police spokesman said that at about 9.25pm last night, two motorcycles collide…

Police renewed their appeal for help from the community in cracking a string of at least six suspicious fires over the past two weeks in the Pembroke and central region of the island. Acting Inspector…

Foster children will find it easier to take part in school classes remotely thanks to a fundraising drive by members of the Pembroke Rotary Club. The group worked with the Department of Child and Fami…

Essential workers who have toiled to keep Bermuda healthy and safe throughout the Covid-19 pandemic will be given priority to attend a limited-capacity Bermuda Day celebration. Ernest Peets, the Minis…

The Coast Guard, Navy and good Samaritan vessels combined efforts to medevac a tanker ship crewmember to Bermuda on Friday. Rescue Coordination Center Bermuda notified watchstanders at the Coast Guard…

The Opposition Senate Leader has called for a change in how the Senate handles budget debates. Ben Smith said that while the Opposition determines what ministries are debated in the budget debate and …

A charity for autistic children yesterday announced a host of events to highlight April as Autism Awareness Month. Tomorrow’s Voices plans to hold five fundraisers and campaign events, some of them on…

A private school will hold its first inter-house cricket match to raise money for pupils who struggle to afford school fees. Saltus Grammar School started a week of cricket-themed fundraising events o…

The Ministry of Education will not yet make public the number of submissions it received in the consultation on education reform. A ministry spokeswoman said that such information will only be releas…

Water quality tests on tanks near Belco found trace levels of pollution – but at levels well within international standards for drinking water. Geoff Smith, an environmental engineer with the Departme…

Bermuda’s hospitals are surviving from pay cheque to pay cheque, with no financial reserves to cover unexpected emergency costs. The Bermuda Hospitals Board has even had to arrange a bank overdraft a…

An alleged gunman insisted yesterday that he was not involved in a daylight attack on Court Street on Mother’s Day. Jahmico Trott, 33, also denied he offered a man $20,000 to give false information du…

Danish backing of Belco’s power plant and other international power plants have come under fire in Denmark over their environmental impact. Danish media outlet Danwatch wrote that both Belco’s plant i…

A protest against Covid-19 regulations promoted on social media failed to materialise at the Cabinet Office tonight. While the protest was reportedly to begin at 10.30pm, only a handful of police were…