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The Government has guaranteed a $30 million loan to support the improvement of water and sewage infrastructure in the East End. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said in the House of Assembly…

Planning applications have doubled year-on-year, according to the Deputy Premier. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, this morning told the House of Assembly, that the number of planning appli…

Public safety regulations imposed to stem the Covid-19 pandemic are “oppressive and trample on Bermudians’ constitutional rights”, according to a senior British lawyer. Courtenay Griffiths, a Queen’s …

Bermuda will move into phase 2 on its road map to recovery this weekend, the health minister revealed last night. Kim Wilson said Bermuda’s health indicators for the latest coronavirus outbreak were “…

Legislation to pave the way for casino gaming and a bill to half the cost of liquor licences are expected to be debated by the House of Assembly today. The two pieces of gaming legislation – tabled in…

Details of the supervised quarantine programme for non-immunised travellers were revealed last night. David Burt, the Premier, gave a grim warning on the “very significant and detrimental consequences…

More than $4m has been paid out to thousands of workers in unemployment benefits since a fresh round of pandemic restrictions were imposed last December, the Premier revealed last night. David Burt a…

Law student Aisling Gorman was preparing for the last of her examinations of the Fall term when she started to experience the first symptoms of Covid-19. Months later, she is still feeling the effects…

A truck driver was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined after he admitted being behind the wheel while more than three times the legal alcohol limit. Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday tha…

A crown removed from a nearly century-old tower has been refurbished and returned after eight months. The crown at the Manor House condominiums in Smith’s was removed after the tower was damaged durin…

Police today renewed an appeal for witnesses in the wake of three crashes on Tuesday evening, two of them fatal and one which left two bike riders in hospital. Marvin Lambe, 56, lost his life in a c…

Stay tuned for this evening’s coronavirus press conference as David Burt, the Premier, and Kim Wilson, the health minister, give the latest updates on the pandemic. With the third spike of the cases …

The Department of Education will run a series of online town hall meetings next week to teach parents about the coronavirus saliva test programme. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the pr…

A Bermudian academic has broken new ground after she was elected Dean of Faculty at one of America’s most prestigious universities. Eve De Rosa will take up the post at Ivy League Cornell University i…

Children aged 17 and under who travel to Bermuda will not have to have had Covid-19 vaccine or quarantine – as long as all adults in their travelling group are vaccinated. The rules, posted online by …

Bermuda’s triathlon star has appealed to the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Flora Duffy, a two-time world champion and Olympian, posted a photograph of herself on social media after she go…

The head of the police internal discipline unit has returned to Britain and a Bermudian officer has replaced her. The announcement that Superintendent Gillian Murray – seconded from the British Transp…

Bermuda High School pupils will return to the classroom next week if the Government moves to Phase 2 of the gradual return to normal life on Sunday as planned. The news of the Monday return came in a …

American television network NBC has highlighted the pandemic perils of overseas travel after one of its producers was forced to quarantine in Bermuda. Mimi Segal, an NBC10Boston producer, said that sh…

The acting US Consul General has left the island after just three months in the post, it was announced today. Alan Purcell, a career diplomat, came to Bermuda at the end of January after the election …

Government is set to remove seven abandoned boats from Coot Pond in St George’s after no one stepped forward to claim them. The Ministry of Transport published a notice in the Official Gazette on Apri…

A homeless man yesterday admitted a breach of curfew after he was arrested by police while out after hours. Magistrates Court heard Heman Viera, 53, was spotted walking near Cherry Hill Park, Paget at…

A team of international researchers used satellite technology to map Bermuda’s undersea environment from space. Nathan Thomas and Lola Fatoyinbo of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre merged together d…

Public schools are expected to re-open next Monday – if public health targets allow. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the Education Emergency Measures Committee had met today and the plan w…

A lawyer has backed plans to quarantine arrivals without a Covid-19 vaccination at a special Government centre. Mark Diel said that public safety considerations had to override personal freedom in a c…

Bus and ferry passes can be exchanged for different months over the next few days, the transport ministry said today. Officials decided to extend public transport passes for April to the end of May to…

Just two coronavirus cases were logged today, health officials revealed tonight. The infections were among 1,014 results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 0.2 per cent. Both ca…

“Veterans of 1981” were applauded outside the former headquarters of the Bermuda Industrial Union in Hamilton where a small crowd gathered today to commemorate the historic General Strike 40 years on….

The head of the Bermuda Police Service’s internal discipline unit is returning to the UK, a police spokesman said today. Superintendent Gill Murray was seconded to Bermuda from the British Transport …

“Bermudian resilience” is the theme of Heritage Month as the island’s culture and heritage is scheduled to get a virtual showcase for the second year in a row. The traditional May Bermuda Day Parade w…

Two people, one of them 81 years old, have died after separate traffic collisions that happened minutes apart yesterday evening. Leon Thomas, 81, and Marvin Lambe, 56, are the third and fourth deaths …

A conference is to take place this Sunday marking the launch of Bermuda’s National Cultural Heritage Policy. The Department of Culture will host its first Bermuda Cultural Stakeholder Conference via Z…

A total of seven people – some with serious injuries – were rushed to hospital last night after three road accidents in the space of half an hour. Police said a motorcycle rider, a 19-year-old man, wa…

The historic 1981 General Strike that changed the island’s political direction and a tourism economy that was the envy of other destinations started 40 years ago today. The island’s biggest labour dis…

A civil servant helped broker a deal in the island’s worst industrial relations stalemate, trade unionists said yesterday. They said the “tireless” work of Kenneth Richardson, who was Permanent Secret…

Activists will livestream a commemoration today to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 General Strike. Glenn Fubler, a community activist and founder of Imagine Bermuda, said it was a celebration of…

An inquiry into historic land losses was yesterday branded a sham by witnesses who claimed they were gagged from giving evidence at the hearing. Now complainants have taken legal action to ask for a j…

A total of five new coronavirus cases have been logged, the health ministry said tonight. The cases were among 447 test results that came back to health officials today – a positivity rate of 1.1 per …

A motorbike rider and an elderly pedestrian were in hospital with serious injuries tonight after a road accident. Police said the rider, a 19-year-old man, was in collision with the 82-year-old man ju…

The weekly Covid-19 press conference scheduled for 5.30pm today has been postponed until Thursday. A government spokeswoman said the postponement would enable David Burt, the Premier, and Kim Wilson,…

Join The Royal Gazette’s live video partner the Washington Post today at 1pm on www.royalgazette.com for a special programme on diabetes – one of the most common chronic diseases in the US and Bermuda…

A man arrested after an arson attack at a charity is also being investigated in connection with a string of suspicious fires that has plagued the area, police said yesterday. The arrest was helped by …

A schoolgirl has sprang a sweet surprise on trash collection workers. Little True Bourne, aged 6, penned a thank-you letter to the island’s unsung heroes who keep the country clean. She wrote: “Dear …

Prison officials have stonewalled questions on claims that a Westgate inmate has been in isolation for a month after he refused to take a coronavirus PCR nasal test on medical grounds. The inmate’s m…

Schoolchildren could be back at their desks by next Monday, it was revealed yesterday. Deryn Lavell, the head of school at Saltus Grammar, said in a letter to parents and guardians: “We are currently …

More meteorologists have warned the next hurricane season could be busier than average – although not predicted to match the record-breaking 2020 season. The Weather Company and North Carolina State U…

A motorcyclist could face almost $14,000 worth of fines for two breaches of the Covid-19 curfew and a string of traffic offences. Harrison Gibbons, 53, was fined $7,050 and banned from the roads for 1…

A man yesterday denied a breach of the Covid-19 curfew and damaging an electronic tag. Eli Hill, 44, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the Government’s 8pm to 6am curfew and caus…

The island’s death toll from Covid-19 has reached 30, the health minister announced tonight. Kim Wilson offered her condolences to the family of the victim as the island marked the second death from t…