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Ministry of Health staff on the front line of the battle against Covid-19 got a free lunch as a thank-you from an international business. Schroders (Bermuda) donated the meal to epidemiologists, medical officers, community health nurses and Covid-19 ...

Guidelines on shelter in place rules were issued today. The guidelines said that permitted businesses - such as banks, grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations - could remain open between 7am and 7pm. Hospital and other clinics and surgeries can ...

Americans who want to leave the island should buy tickets for Tuesday’s repatriation flight today. A spokeswoman for the US Consulate said this afternoon: “There are no other outbound flights planned. “Individuals wishing to travel to the United Sta...

Two men who clashed over noisy kite-flying mended their bridges yesterday. Duvon Powell, a founder of the Kite Warriors group, and businessman Steve Thomson agreed to meet after their confrontation about hummer-fitted kites was posted on social medi...

A veteran lawyer has backed the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order, which came into force this morning. Mark Diel admitted yesterday that the measure was extreme, but said the gravity of the situation demanded it. He added: “If we have an earthquake, if...

A former prisons commissioner was unveiled as the new Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Lamb has been acting in the post since February 2019. Derrick Binns, Head of the Public Service, said: “I am pleased ...

Another emergency repatriation flight between the United States and Bermuda will take off on Tuesday. The Ministry of Tourism and Transport said the Delta flight would leave Fort Lauderdale, Florida with Bermuda-bound passengers at 10am and fly to At...

Two friends have joined forces to promote kindness across the island as the population faces up to the Covid-19 pandemic. Vicki Abraham and Laura Bell of design and communications agency Two Four One set up the Bermuda Kindness Pandemic page on Face...

More than 1,100 people have been given emergency unemployment payments after they were laid off work because of the coronavirus crisis. Lovitta Foggo, the labour minister, said 1,142 applicants were given payments yesterday and another 400 applicatio...

Bermuda’s reserves of Covid-19 test kits will be boosted to about 2,000 after a relief flight from Britain arrives on Monday, it was revealed last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that a new laboratory enhanced with extra equipment also...