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Shadow finance minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin revisited a bitter dispute in the House of Assembly, saying the official recording had vindicated her after being accused of maligning low earners during a March sitting. In a March 16 debate on the Pay...

Two people were being held by police yesterday over the shooting of a 33-year-old man in Warwick on Friday. Detective Inspector Kenten Trott said items of jewellery had been taken from the victim in the attack. Three men struck at about 5.20pm in a “...

MPs paid their respects yesterday to “trailblazing” Stanley Lowe, a former Speaker of the House of Assembly, who died last month aged 82. Many said the longest-serving MP in modern Bermudian history, known for his fairness as Speaker, had ordered the...

The Swizzle South Shore, which shuttered yesterday, was a casualty of the economic slump left by Covid-19, business owner Jay Correia said. It opened in 2006 on South Road, Warwick, as an offshoot of the popular Swizzle Inn near Bailey’s Bay in Hamil...

Restaurants and the hospitality sector face a bleak future after a long-established bar announced it was to shut up shop because of the coronavirus crisis, owners warned yesterday. Philip Barnett, of the Island Restaurant Group, said: “Until we’re ab...

A supermarket chain has introduced a discount scheme for people on financial assistance to help them weather the fiscal storm caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Seth Stutzman, president of The MarketPlace group of companies, said there had been “a lot ...

A sharp increase in the number of families short of food and other necessities was highlighted by the Salvation Army yesterday The charity said there had been an increased demand for “food, shelter, cleaning supplies and staffing” over the last six ...

The Covid-19 crisis has driven a surge in need seen by the substance abuse charity Focus Counselling Services. Demand for daily meals has soared by 50 per cent since the pandemic hit Bermuda, according to executive director Leslie Grant. The group, ...

Tribute will be paid in Friday’s House of Assembly to Stanley Lowe, the former Speaker whose funeral was held today. David Burt, the Premier, said at a press conference tonight that before the Covid-19 pandemic, “he and his family would have received...

Pharmacies have introduced new safety precautions and regulations for prescriptions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The rules include a maximum of two months’ supply of medicine for chronic conditions and an extension from five days’ emergency ...