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Bus and ferry riders got a bonus this week with the Ministry of Transport extending April passes for both services into May. Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said it had been “a trying time for all of us”. He added: “We know that there have be...

An order for unvaccinated travellers to quarantine from next month was defended by David Burt, the Premier, after the threat of a legal challenge was raised last week. Mr Burt emphasised full details would be given on Thursday, four weeks ahead of th...

Bermuda’s first virtual Agricultural Exhibition is to go ahead on later this month. Organisers said the May 21 date was set after weeks of consultation to ensure a socially distanced event in line with the Government’s phased plans for loosening Cov...

More than 800 applications have come in for workers from overseas looking for one-year residency in Bermuda, the labour minister has revealed. Jason Hayward said more than 700 of them had been approved, which would substantially bolster the 400 now r...

Tourism experts have backed the Government’s plans to bring in extra restrictions for unvaccinated travellers. The 14-day supervised quarantine for non-immunised travellers, which will come into force on June 6, was endorsed by the Bermuda Tourism Au...

Details on the implementation of a minimum wage for the island are to be made public this week, capping years of discussion. Setting a minimum wage should boost jobs for Bermudians and improve pay across the board, according to Jason Hayward, the lab...

Figures are not yet available to show job categories taken up by unemployed Bermudians after a moratorium on work permits on more than 40 types of jobs was extended to the end of July. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the ban, imposed in N...

A mobile vaccination centre at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke delivered the coronavirus vaccine to 189 people who got their first dose today. They attended TCD on North Street between 10am and 2pm, where David Burt, the Premier, paid a ...

Scores of people today took part in a rally against Government’s promotion of Covid-19 vaccinations. Just under 200 cars and about 20 bikes drove around the island, tooting their horns and waving at passers-by. At one stage cars came to a standstill...

The Covid-19 vaccine has hit resistance among the young and Black people more sceptical about its benefits than the white population, a survey has revealed. Survey respondents aged 18 to 34 highlighted reasons that ranged from distrust to not feeling...