UK flies in 1,800 Covid-19 test kits

Strict new rules for shopping

Shopping habits will be strictly regulated under the two-week shelter-at-home restrictions that started this...

Payments made to 1,142 laid-off workers

More than 1,100 people have been given emergency unemployment payments after they were laid off work because of the...

Lawyer: SoE is ‘right, proper and justified’

A veteran lawyer has backed the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order, which came into force this morning.

Mark Diel admitted...

Hundreds sign up for kindness campaign

Two friends have joined forces to promote kindness across the island as the population faces up to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pair rebuild bridges after kites clash

Two men who clashed over noisy kite-flying mended their bridges yesterday.

Duvon Powell, a founder of the Kite Warriors...

BUT slams decision to dock teachers’ pay

The head of the island’s teachers union has slammed a decision to dock the wages of teachers who took industrial action in...

Debt collectors reminded of best practice

Debt collectors were urged by the Government to be considerate as residents cope with the challenges of the coronavirus...

Police warning over lockdown bike breach plan

Police warned today that they were aware of a plan by rogue motorcyclists for a breach of the 24-hour shelter in place...

Family hopeful for return of missing senior

The family of a missing man today appealed to the public to look out for him despite the 24-hour lockdown now in...

Three curfew breakers caught

Three men are to be charged after they were caught in breach of the curfew rules, police said today.

Officers found the...

Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre closed

After the announcement that Bermuda has entered a state of emergency, the Bermuda Hospitals Board is suspending services at...

Lamb named Cabinet permanent secretary

A former prisons commissioner was unveiled as the new Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office...

Essential workers given shopping boost

Essential workers will be able to bypass supermarket queues after a joint effort by island supermarkets, it was announced...

Emergency US repatriation flight finalised

Another emergency repatriation flight between the United States and Bermuda will take off on Tuesday.

The Ministry of...

Burt: we must dig deep to defeat Covid-19

Residents have to “dig deep” over the next two weeks to help the island avoid a devastating outbreak of Covid-19, the Premier...

Survivor tells of life-changing experience

A woman who came down with Covid-19 warned everyone yesterday to take the potential killer disease seriously.

The...

Shoppers implored to resist panic-buying

People preparing for a 14-day lockdown formed long queues outside island supermarkets yesterday.

Zach Moniz, the manager...

Bermudian seniors on holiday stranded in UK

Elderly Bermudians trapped in Britain by the coronavirus crisis pleaded to come home yesterday.

Renee Wilson, 71, from...

Commissioner: helpline list to be published

The Commissioner of Police asked members of the public yesterday to look out for each other as the island faced a 14-day...

Public schools to reopen ‘when safe’

Public schools will only be reopened when health officials give the go ahead, the education ministry said tonight.

A...

Police catch three breaking curfew

Three people were caught by police after they breached the curfew on Thursday night.

One woman stopped twice was taken...

Ministry of Finance: relief measures

Temporary tax and fee breaks have been rolled out by the Bermuda Government for businesses in need of financial...

Kite flyers urged to be considerate

Police have appealed to kite flyers to be considerate of their neighbours ahead of the Easter long weekend.

Assistant...

Ada Nyabongo (1926-2020)

A Bermudian piano teacher who married Ugandan royalty has died.

Ada Nyabongo was just three days short of her 94th...

Tearful students desperate for escape from UK

The Premier’s effort to bring home Bermudians stranded in Britain was defended yesterday by a student eager to book a place on...