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Public schools will no longer have entire classes quarantined if a Covid-19 case is detected, the education minister said yesterday. Diallo Rabain added the school surveillance unit will instead contact people found to be close or casual contacts and...

Traffic changes will start this week on a section of Harbour Road in Paget where the Ministry of Public Works is repairing a wall. The project, which was subject to delays, has caused traffic disruption between Highwood Lane and Lover’s Lane. Eastbou...

A meeting of Overseas Territories leaders in London today was headed by the Premier. David Burt said topics from climate change to the impact of the pandemic on Overseas Territories’ economies were up for discussion at the annual Joint Ministerial Co...

A memorial tree in commemoration of the island’s 106 victims of Covid-19 has been planted. The Bermuda cedar was placed in the Botanical Gardens in Paget by David Burt, the Premier and Kim Wilson, the health minister. Mr Burt said more Bermudians had...

Christmas will come early to an island parish, it was revealed today. Pembroke Parish Council is to give away 40 vouchers for groceries and electricity for those in need. Patricka Ferguson, the council chairwoman, said the vouchers would be issued on...

Throne Speech plans to get jobless young people back to work have been welcomed by social services agencies – but the Opposition demanded specifics on the proposals. The speech, delivered by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, on behalf of the Government, ple...

The Throne Speech, under the title of “Social Renewal and Economic Recovery”, opened with the Governor’s reflection on the “definitive”, once-in-an-era change brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rena Lalgie told the gathering: “The wounds inflicted by ...

A second man has been arrested in connection with a sex assault and burglary at knifepoint last month, it was revealed yesterday. A police spokesman confirmed that a man, aged 20, was arrested last Friday. Police arrested a 36-year-old man on the day...

A family cat feared dumped in a national park is home safe after being missing for more than 200 days. The Martins family from Paget launched a major search after Teddy, their ginger and white male cat, went missing in April. It was believed he had b...

Blue chip names are prepared to invest in the redevelopment of the island’s biggest hotel, the finance minister said today. Curtis Dickinson said Gencom, the US-based owners of the Fairmont Southampton Hotel, had met Government representatives last m...