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A massive surge in coronavirus cases should have been tackled sooner, the shadow health minister has claimed. Michael Dunkley said Bermuda’s Covid-19 figures had only recently shot up past 1,400 active cases, but that it was clear last month that num...

Rapid antigen tests to be used by airline passengers from Bermuda to destinations except Boston and Canada are cheaper and faster than the usual PCR tests, researchers have said. But they added antigen tests were also less accurate than the “gold st...

A warning not to speed to beat the curfew deadline was issued by police yesterday. Police warned the public should plan ahead so they do not have to race home. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Na’imah Astwood said only one breach of curfew arr...

Police have warned the public over fake social media reports about thieves handing out face masks with “anaesthetic properties”. A police spokesman said the message claimed people should beware of people who claimed to be “government workers” distrib...

Staff shortages are expected to hit garbage collection over the next few weeks, the public works ministry warned last night. A spokeswoman said residential waste collection would continue but it was “impossible to guarantee service every day under th...

A private school has shut down because of the Covid-19 crisis after just one day back. Saltus Grammar School said that although its secondary school returned only yesterday, senior pupils would move to remote learning for two weeks from today. Primar...

A total of ten finalists are in the running for a teacher of the year award. The teachers up for the Outstanding Teacher Award, organised by the Bermuda Education Network, were nominated by colleagues and the educational charity asked parents, pupils...

The leader of the Bahamian Progressive Liberal Party was yesterday congratulated by the Progressive Labour Party after he became his country’s Prime Minister. Philip “Brave” Davis, leader of the Progressive Liberal Party, led his party to victory ove...

A new species of ray has settled in island waters, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said yesterday. Mark Outerbridge, a senior biodiversity officer at the department, said in the latest Envirotalk newsletter it appeared that a popu...

Tropical Storm Peter tonight remained on course to approach Bermuda late in the week. The Bermuda Weather Service said the storm’s closest point of approach in three days would be 442 miles south-southwest of the island at 6pm on Thursday. But the st...