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⋅ Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States to treat tropical diseases and scabies. It is not FDA-approved for the treatment or prevention of Covid-19, but the agency has given special “com...

A company awarded a multimillion-dollar government contract to claw back land tax arrears does not have a debt collection licence, The Royal Gazette has confirmed. A new law, which came into force at the start of last year, ruled that anyone “pursui...

A batch of Bermudian words has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time – along with a guide on how to pronounce them. Aceboy, Gombey, greeze, mice, and mug are among the new entries, included because of Bermudian linguist Rosem...

Jobs will be lost at the Bermuda Tourism Authority as the organisation grapples with a second year of Covid-19, the body’s interim CEO said yesterday. Glenn Jones said: “Like any travel industry business struggling into a second year of the pandemic,...

A wealthy casino executive who allegedly flew into a remote Canadian territory with his wife and posed as a local motel worker to get the Covid-19 vaccine is a director of a company in Bermuda. Rodney Baker and his wife Ekaterina made global headline...

Two of Britain’s top barristers will battle it out in front of the Privy Council in London from tomorrow over whether same-sex marriage should be banned in Bermuda. The Government has hired Jonathan Crow QC – said by the Legal 500 ranking agency to b...

Ewart Brown, the former Premier of Bermuda, was charged with 13 counts of corruption in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Cindy Clarke, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said the 13 charges included five related to agreements with the Lahey Clinic, t...

The Ombudsman has revealed her office has received “increasingly complex complaints” about government maladministration over her time in charge. Victoria Pearman, who earns almost $185,000 a year, was made Ombudsman for a five-year term in 2014 and w...

A defence lawyer failed to appear at a trial due to start yesterday because his practising certificate was not renewed in time. Charles Richardson should have represented a 35-year-old man accused of attempted sexual assault at a trial in Magistrat...

Cindy Clarke was yesterday appointed Director of Public Prosecutions after she was earlier passed over for the post. John Rankin, the Governor, announced the appointment and said it would take effect from Friday. Mr Rankin said Ms Clarke brought a “w...