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Staycations could help to support Bermuda’s hard-hit hotels — but experts said residents would need to be persuaded. Peter Everson, an economist, said there could be people interested in a holiday at home instead of overseas as the impact of the Covi...

The pizza oven at an Italian restaurant had never fully cooled down in almost quarter of a century — until state-of-emergency measures for the Covid-19 pandemic meant it had to close its doors for four weeks. Yesterday the one-tonne oven at La Tratto...

Parents and pupils were told yesterday that there was still “no fixed date” for schools to reopen. However, Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that staff were preparing buildings for children’s’ return to the classroom. He added: “Technic...

Staff at one of the island’s biggest retail firms have had their hours cut by half, it was announced today. Edmund Gibbons Ltd, the parent company of department store Gibbons Company, drinks firm Burrows Lightbourn and Bermuda Motors, said that the m...

A seventh death from Covid-19 was announced by the Ministry of Health today. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said: “On behalf of my entire team at the Ministry of Health, I want to extend my sincere condolences to the family and friends of this indi...

Another three people have tested positive for Covid-19, the Government said yesterday. A spokeswoman said the new cases emerged after 260 test results came back to the Ministry of Health. The news brought the total number of cases to 114. The Governm...

A tweet from the Government yesterday signalled that the restarted British Airways service to the island could fly in and out of Heathrow instead of Gatwick. The tweet came after staff at the airline were told that the company might not reopen its Ga...

The Corporation of Hamilton has cut staff pay by 10 per cent because of financial losses caused by the coronavirus. City Hall said the across-the-board temporary reduction was agreed with the Bermuda Public Services Union and the Bermuda Industrial U...

Hundreds of construction workers will go back to work next week after the Government gave the industry the green light to resume — but it will not be business as usual, industry experts said. Two major building projects, the new St Regis Hotel in St ...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board has asked the public to wear masks when they visit the hospital. A BHB spokeswoman said that wearing a cloth mask helped protect King Edward VII Memorial Hospital staff from the novel coronavirus. She added most visitors d...