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Work on a shelter for homeless women and their children got a major boost that will “help put us over the finish line”, according to Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity Bermuda. The Habitat ReStore in Hamilton this week donated $6...

A grieving mother said yesterday she had no idea why someone would want to kill her son. Freda Gibbons said Duane Gibbons, a hotel worker, was a cheerful, well-liked person who “spoke to everybody” and was devoted to playing golf, especially at the ...

Increases in government health insurance premiums will not mean automatic jumps in rates for private insurance, experts have said. Michelle Jackson, the executive vice-president of insurance giant BF&M’s life and health department, said the company h...

Booster shots for the vaccine against Covid-19 are “number one on the list” for the Government’s immunisation committee. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the committee would meet this week to discuss “how it will be distributed and when”. She no...

People who flout public health regulations are appearing before the courts, the health minister said last night. Kim Wilson announced that, since June, six case files have been prepared for police and the Department of Public Prosecutions. “There are...

The island recorded another death from Covid-19 last night as the number of active cases surged to a new high of 948. The death brought the death toll to 36 since the pandemic hit in March last year and the number of infections is 44 higher than the ...

A plan to set up a container depot in an area with a history of complaints about large vehicles faces stiff opposition. Today marks the deadline for objectors to file with the Department of Planning over a proposal by Fast Forward Freight to create a...

Uneven road surfaces left by trenching works will be remedied during a final upgrade, according to the Ministry of Public Works. Bumpy road surfaces, such as on the eastern side of Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton Parish, have remained at trench dig...

Increases are planned for mandatory health insurance premiums in line with “current market realities”, legislators heard yesterday in the House of Assembly. The higher rates will support extra prescription drug benefits and a health programme for uni...

A “new course” for the Department of Financial Assistance will include a push to get able-bodied unemployed back to work and strengthening support for the disabled. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, spoke in the House of Assembly today as he tabled...