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A claim that the Ministry of Finance owed a sanitation firm more than $900,000 for clean-up work at Morgan’s Point has been thrown out by a judge. Hunt’s Sanitation Services, run by Nelson Hunt, claimed it was owned $908,766 for remediation and clean...

A trade union has backed down in its battle with Government over a controversial change to labour law to allow non-unionised workers to vote on decertification. The row broke out after legislation was passed at the start of the year that allowed non...

The man behind the programme designed to allow larger gatherings and help restart tourism has moved to ease concerns over the scheme. Denis Pitcher, the Government’s fintech adviser, who created the programme free of charge, said he was inspired by M...

A naturalist has warned against the use of rat poisons that could kill off the barn owls that prey on them. David Wingate said that anticoagulant poisons that caused internal bleeding in rats had also killed owls that ate them. He added that the use ...

Just two coronavirus cases were logged yesterday, it was revealed last night. The infections were among 3,665 test results that came back to health officials. The tests – which covered last Thursday to Saturday – equated to a test positivity rate of...

The owners of Bermuda’s biggest hotel are expected to discuss finance arrangements for its refurbishment in the next month, the finance minister revealed yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said Gencom, the owners of the shuttered Fairmont Southampton, had s...

A bill of $5.3 million for unemployment benefits in just three months highlighted the economic impact of the latest coronavirus outbreak, the finance minister said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said benefits had been paid to 4,938 people since March an...

A substantial donation has brought a new shelter for homeless women and their children closer to the finish line. Aspen, an insurance and reinsurance firm, gave $25,000 to Habitat for Humanity Bermuda earlier this month to help create its Transformat...

Rental rates have been slashed by the City of Hamilton to help reduce the financial strains faced by residents, community groups, small businesses and local charities caused by Covid-19. “Due to the limited capacity of social gatherings as per the Be...

A Covid-19 curfew breach and traffic offences yesterday cost a man $3,850. Adam King, 41, was fined $2000 in Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded guilty to a breach of the earlier 7pm to 7am curfew as well as two traffic offences. The court heard poli...