Third Point Reinsurance Ltd. (“Third Point Re”) (NYSE: TPRE), a Bermuda-based reinsurance company, has announced the donation of $55,000 to the Bermuda COVID-19 Emergency Fund. The fund was created by the Bermuda Community Foundation (BCF) to respond...
A nature camp that went online as a way around coronavirus lockdown has been hailed as a success.
The Bermuda Zoological Society said using remote learning for its popular spring break camp would help the launch of a BZS online schools programme.
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DATE: Apr 08, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
HSBC Bermuda has pledged to donate $180,000 to support those impacted by Covid-19.
An allocation of $140,000 will be divided among six local charities that support seniors, children and education, single-parent homes, vulnerable individuals and the f...
DATE: Apr 07, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
Childcare services for essential workers are to be expanded.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the service, launched last Wednesday, was expected to grow to meet demand.
Mr Rabain added: “There is only one site operational at this point ...
Rising costs in the health and personal care, food and rent sectors were the main drivers of inflation in January.
Consumers paid 1 per cent more in the month than they did a year ago for the basket of goods and services included in the Consumer Pric...
DATE: Apr 06, 2020 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Business Staff
Public schools will be reopened only when health officials give the go-ahead, the education ministry has said.
A government spokeswoman added that clearance would have to be given by the health ministry.
The spokeswoman said: “Please be assured that...
The National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) is launching a new online programme in an effort to stay connected during these challenging times. “At Home with History” will provide learning, literacy support and fun activities for students, families and life...
The head of the island’s teachers union has slammed a decision to dock the wages of teachers who took industrial action in February.
Nishanthi Bailey, the president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that she had “no other option than to withdraw...
Residents have to “dig deep” over the next two weeks to help the island avoid a devastating outbreak of Covid-19, the Premier said yesterday.David Burt insisted Bermuda could slow the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly disease, as...
Artist James Cooper describes his work as “semitropical punk”. “It is not punk like 1980s spiky-hair punk, but punk in the sense that I use materials that are unexpected and ideas that are a bit different,” he said. “I am more experimental, perhaps.”...
