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The cost of Covid-19 pandemic protection has hit close to $6 million up to this month, MPs heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the bulk of the cash, $5.3 million, was spent on personal protective equipment and coronavirus tests. Sh...

Special emergency payments to out-of-work residents are expected to be extended for an extra two weeks, it was revealed last night. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said almost 4,000 clients would get their last payment on July 31. But he added: “...

Most of the 62 Portuguese nationals who quit the island in a special repatriation flight this week left because they had lost their jobs — and many had “left for good”, the travel agent who arranged the flight said yesterday. Luisa Da Ponte, of Trip ...

An overgrown eyesore in a tight-knit neighbourhood is to be transformed into a community garden. The plot on Friswells Hill in Pembroke, owned by the Ball family, has been handed over free for three years so that area residents can grow crops. A mass...

Agriculture is being boosted with a community garden planned for each parish the House of Assembly was told this morning. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said the Government owned 38 plots of arable land across the island, ...

Bermuda’s Coastguard has spent 119 days of the Covid-19 pandemic on 24-hour readiness, the House of Assembly was told this morning. Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, said there had been an average of 4.56 patrols conducted daily, with 10...

Bermuda’s deal for the airport development contained “unwelcome facts” on the revenue from the facility, Neville Tyrrell, the transport minister, said this morning. He told the House of Assembly that Skyport, the operators of the airport, had a deal ...

A lifeline for people in need of financial aid because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be unveiled in the House of Assembly tomorrow. A spokesman for the Ministry of Labour said it would “ensure that individuals still in need of financial aid are trans...

Cabinet appointments announced last week showed a lack of direction as well as a failure to cut down on the Ministerial payroll, the Opposition leader has said. Mr Cannonier said over the weekend: “It is unfortunate that the Premier chose not to show...

Laid-off workers who have been receiving unemployment benefits since March 24 are expected to receive their final pay this week. The scheme was initially planned for 12 weeks but was extended to 16. The Government has not yet said if there will be a ...