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No one in the business world could have foreseen the upheaval that 2020 would unleash on the Bermuda economy. The year was characterised by business closures, layoffs and redundancies on a scale the island has not seen in modern times. It was a year ...

The most improbable of presidents, Donald Trump reshaped the office and shattered its centuries-old norms and traditions while dominating the national discourse like no one before. Trump, governing by whim and tweet, deepened the nation’s racial and ...

Not since the Second World War has a single phenomenon dominated the news worldwide as the Covid-19 pandemic has in 2020. In the United States, a tumultuous presidential election and a wave of protests over racial injustice also drew relentless cover...

By March 23, Apple had lost $435 billion in market value in about five weeks and many of its retail outlets were shut as the virus pandemic walloped the global economy and stock markets. Meanwhile, a report issued by the National Bureau of Economic R...

When Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee, claimed defiantly in February that the greatest show on earth would go ahead in spite of a looming pandemic, few realised what wishful thinking that was. Weeks later, with the n...

Con men have claimed to be consumer affairs officers as part of a fraud aimed at shops, it was announced tonight. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said: “There apparently are some members of the public who are going around to retail establ...

Two Bermudian sisters are urging residents to unite in an island-wide, celebration from the comfort and safety of their homes on New Year’s Eve. Kathi and Harmony DeCouto said that while Covid-19 restrictions have limited the number of people who ca...

More than quarter of a million dollars worth of HSBC Holdings shares traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange. The bank’s shares, listed among the BSX’s international companies, fell 15 cents, or 2.85 per cent, to close on $5.10 as 50,445 shares changed ...

Hamilton docks operator Stevedoring Services Ltd has issued an office closure advisory to importers and partners for December 31. The port operations will operate as normal and there will be no impact to container operations, cargo deliveries or demu...

Police announced they would keep watch on the roads and water to enforce the curfew and to curb antisocial behaviour over the New Year’s holiday weekend. Martin Weekes, Assistant Commissioner of Police, said officers would be supported by the Bermuda...

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo will stay closed to the public until January 25, the Government said today. A spokeswoman added that the decision was made “to limit potential exposure to animals that are susceptible to coronaviruses and to ensur...

The Bermuda Police Service reminded members of the public making evening plans about the curfew in place as part of Covid-19 restrictions. A police spokesman said people need to make sure they give themselves “adequate time” to be home before 11pm. T...