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Bermuda recorded another Covid-19 fatality tonight, pushing the death toll up to 126. The grim news came as Kim Wilson, the health minister, warned that coronavirus infections were outpacing recoveries as the number of active cases hit 271 — up from ...

A law to clear the criminal convictions of people caught with small amounts of cannabis has stalled because old documents often failed to quantify the amounts of drugs involved

A charity donation option through an insurance company has been extended, it was announced. CG Insurance launched “Renew. Save. Donate” in November, to give clients the chance to pass on automatic discounts from their home or motor insurance policy r...

Online learning for prisoners is the end goal for a campaign to help bring books to Westgate jail, it has been revealed. The news came as a book donation drive announced last week was backed by trades unions. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermu...

The Bermudian widow of an American civil rights activist and former pastor on the island has thrown her support behind a books for prison inmates campaign. Helen Foster said education and self-transformation had been “everything” for her husband, the...

At least three classes at a private school were quarantined yesterday after a coronavirus outbreak. A Year 3 and two Year 4 classes were ordered to isolate at Saltus and a Year 11 class was ordered to follow casual contact precautions. Deryn Lavell, ...

A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration. Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...

Mask requirements for young schoolchildren came up for question in the Senate as the Upper House agreed to extend Covid-19 emergency health orders beyond the end of this month to March 31. Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister, said there was “...

Prison inmates will get the gift of literature from a new charity drive. The fundraising scheme was organised by a diverse group of volunteers called the Personal Empowerment Circle, who pitched in four years ago to help to improve the lives of peopl...

An Opposition senator accused the Premier of playing favourites with the appointment of MPs and senators to Government boards. Marcus Jones, the shadow economic development minister, told the Upper House that David Burt awarded influential positions ...