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A Christmas curfew is a vital restriction designed to protect life, the acting Premier said last night. Diallo Rabain said: “We also acted early to protect the lives of all Bermudians, especially those who are vulnerable.” He added: “We cannot again ...

Convex Insurance has responded to Wednesday’s demonstration by the UK activist group, Market Forces, which is protesting the refusal by Convex to rule out providing insurance cover to a $16-billion Australian coalmine by Convex. Market Forces staged ...

The RG/BSX Index finished unchanged at 2,595.09 on the Thursday before Christmas. There was no activity on the Bermuda Stock Exchange domestic board. On the New York Stock Exchange, the Bank of Butterfield was up 40 cents (1.07 per cent), closing at ...

Revellers will not be able to ring in the New Year at favourite bars or restaurants because of a Covid-19 curfew imposed in the wake of an increase in cases. The 12.30am curfew — which comes into force tonight — means closure at least an hour earlier...

An article in investment publication ThinkAdvisor raises the spectre of life insurance companies moving their domiciles en masse to Bermuda. ThinkAdvisor is the publication that features “all the investment news, in-depth analysis, market data an...

Public transport will operate on a holiday timetable on certain days over the festive season, the Government said today. A spokesman said that the holiday schedule will run from December 25 to 28 and from January 1 to 3. Bus schedules can be found he...

DARAG Group, the legacy specialist, has entered into a stock purchase agreement and received the relevant regulatory approval for the purchase of a Texas-based insurer in run-off, it announced today. DARAG said it would look to use this insurer as it...

A major US insurer has successfully closed a $160 million 144A catastrophe bond completed through a newly established, Bermudian-based special purpose insurer. Farmers Insurance Exchange said that it and its subsidiaries and affiliates comprising the...

The Academy of Martial Arts has announced the opening of their new knife and axe throwing lanes. Although knife and axe throwing has always been available at the Academy, the decision was made, partly due to the challenging times brought on by the pa...

A woman who spearheaded her family’s near 50-year battle for justice over a land theft said she that hoped the struggle would be over before she died. Barbara Brown, 90, the mother of the late MP Walton Brown, who paved the way for a Commission of In...

Children aged between 5 and 11 could get the Covid-19 vaccine after new recommendations by health watchdogs in the UK. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in Britain said that children in the age group who were vulnerable should get t...

An under-fire shipping agent whose discount meat deliveries failed to materialise on time has announced that a consignment had arrived on the island. Kevin Simmons, of Ekko Trading Bermuda in New York, who had faced a barrage of criticism from disapp...