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A group of civil servants has been recognised for their devotion to making Government business paper-free. The 11 staff were praised for their “outstanding achievement”, “admirable service delivery” and “exemplary public service”. The honours were t...

Island retailers have failed to satisfy customer demand which has sparked an increase in people buying online from overseas, a government minister claimed yesterday. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, admitted his wife was a fan of online sh...

Two more deaths from Covid-19 brought the pandemic death toll to 89, it was announced last night. There were 46 new coronavirus cases out of 3,438 rest results that came back to officials – a positivity rate of 1.3 per cent. But the number of active...

Three public schools have reopened their classrooms and 18 others have crossed the Covid-19 screening threshold to return to in-person teaching. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said 21 of the islands 36 schools had received more than the 80...

The island’s top magistrate yesterday warned a man with a history of drug and alcohol abuse that he faced a lifetime on the wrong side of the law unless he tackled his problems. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Jaha Mallory, 37, that his escalation...

The island’s Ombudsman is to step down next March after eight years in the role. Victoria Pearman said she was proud of the work the office had carried out during her tenure – particularly faced with the “extraordinary challenges for us all” caused b...

The Axa End-to-End has been approved for later this month and organisers expect to raise more than $6 million. Anne Mello, the chairwoman of the End-to-End Charitable Trust, said the organisers had been given a large group exemption to hold the fundr...

Amendments to ensure that sitting Members of Parliament cannot sit on the Casino Gaming Commission were given the green light in the Senate. Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the previous legislation had implied that MPs ...

Occupational safety and health should be recognised as “a fundamental right”, the Bermuda Public Services Union declared. The BPSU joined labour groups worldwide with UNI Global Union, a global unions federation, in marking World Day for Decent Work ...

A Bermuda Coast Guard team towed children to safety after their fishing boat took on water. The rescue came after a beachgoer saw people waving sticks and shouting for help. The Department of Marine and Ports Services said that a member of the public...