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An exemption for large groups to attend league cricket drew hundreds of spectators to matches over the weekend, but the relaxation of SafeKey rules drew criticism from the One Bermuda Alliance. The “moving targets” in the island’s Covid-19 restricti...

Complaints linked to Covid-19 accounted for a significant portion of the Ombudsman for Bermuda’s caseload last year, according to the office’s 2020 annual report. They ranged from emergency unemployment benefits for people put out of work to pandemic...

Immigration laws are to be subjected to a “top down review”, the Minister of Labour announced on Friday. Jason Hayward said the goal of immigration reform “is to ensure that the big picture is one that benefits all of Bermuda”. “In the past, we have...

A former chairman of the Progressive Labour Party who resigned his post after demanding that his company should be first in line for Government contracts has been awarded a $3.2 million contract by a Government quango. Damon Wade’s company, Atlantic ...

A “safe space” at the heart of Hamilton has been dedicated to commemorate the landmark Theatre Boycott of 1959. The new Freedom Square was also unveiled yesterday in tribute to other key moments where Hamilton hosted the island’s push for social just...

Government overpaid $3.5 million in unemployment benefits during the Covid-19 lockdowns, the finance minister admitted yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said about 2,500 people – or one in four of those who received the benefit – were overpaid an average ...

Mandatory hotel quarantining will be in place for at least another three months – despite claims by the Premier that the controversial policy could be ditched as soon as Bermuda achieves herd immunity from the Covid-19 virus. David Burt made the pled...

A “voluntary and loving” display of rainbow colours from a government building such as Cabinet or Camden House could be enough to empower LGBTQ+ citizens, former Attorney-General Michael Scott told a Bermuda Pride panel last night. Mr Scott, who step...

Government backbencher Jason Wade has called for Bermuda to “turn down the volume” and not become “consumed with hatred and frustration” over Covid-19 restrictions. The MP for Southampton East Central said: “There is a lot of chatter out there … Let’...

Senators rattled through the orders of the day in today’s Upper House yesterday, wrapping up the session in just over half-an-hour. Senator Arianna Hodgson, the junior minister of finance, presented the Economic Substance Amendment Act – the first ...