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A charity that pairs vulnerable children with responsible adults is doing its best to maintain relationships during the Covid-19 pandemic. Patrina O’Connor-Paynter, the managing director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda, said that the programme...

A divorced mother of two has appealed for better guidance from the Government on whether separated parents can meet during the coronavirus lockdown to hand over children. The woman said she had not seen her two youngsters, aged 10 and 13, since April...

Child protection staff workers have had 18 new referrals in the past 3½ weeks, the Minister of Legal Affairs revealed yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons said the complaints had all been made to the Department of Child and Family Services since March 24. S...

School pupils were among those who showed off their wackiest socks in aid of an island autism support charity yesterday. Tomorrow’s Voices held the Autism Rocks Socks Day Home Edition event to help raise funds. Stacy Hill, the funding and developmen...

Staff at the island’s largest supermarket chain have been kitted out with personal protective equipment to help combat spread of Covid-19. A spokesman for The MarketPlace said staff at the stores and its PriceRite locations had been given face shiel...

Standard & Poor’s, the United States ratings agency, has updated its outlook on Bermuda from positive to “stable”, the Ministry of Finance announced last night. The move represents a minor downgrade for the island, reflecting the impact of the Covid-...

The Government backed away from a blanket ban on deliveries by alcohol and tobacco wholesalers yesterday. The change of heart came after David Burt, the Premier, said the day before that liquor and cigarette distributors were among the businesses shu...

Families who rely on hustles to make ends meet have been hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, an activist warned yesterday. Gina Spence, a community worker, said she had been inundated with calls from people desperate for help. Ms Spence said: “People ...

A lack of cells has left the prison system at risk of a Covid-19 outbreak, the head of the Prison Officers Association warned yesterday. Timothy Seon said that an influx of curfew breakers to Westgate prison had filled up cells that would be used for...

Wayne Caines, the national security minister, tonight provided an update on the additional businesses that have been added to the category of “permitted business” to operate during the extended shelter in place. These amendments come into force on Mo...