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Hundreds gathered to watch the 2020 MarketPlace Christmas Parade and cheer Santa as he passed through Hamilton tonight. The annual parade’s route was longer than usual – starting at Shelly Bay MarketPlace and ending at Heron Bay MarketPlace – but the...

Crowds lined up for Covid tests at the weekend in the wake of an increase in cases across the island. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health confirmed that 522 people received tests at the Shelly Bay MarketPlace on Saturday alone after the schedul...

Financial complacency, insecurity, and excellence juxtaposed. We Bermudians tend to suffer from the extremes of a bipolar social syndrome. At times, we’ve committed the national sin of arrogance and self-confidence in “our special place on this earth...

A Pembroke middle school is to move to remote learning after a teacher tested positive for the coronavirus. A spokeswoman for the education ministry said the new regime at Dellwood Middle School would start on Wednesday. Diallo Rabain, the education ...

Quarantine measures imposed on a class at a school in the East End were lifted today. A letter from the health ministry’s epidemiology and surveillance unit to parents and staff at St George’s Preparatory School said a risk assessment had given an al...

Four more cases of the coronavirus were identified among 640 test results received by the Ministry of Health at the weekend. A spokeswoman added that of the 29 active cases in Bermuda, one person is in hospital but not in critical care. The hospital ...

Part of Harbour Road will be closed temporarily next week for embankment repairs to be carried out. The Ministry of Public Works asked residents to avoid the road in the area of Burnt House Hill and Tamarind Vale in Warwick over two days. A notice sa...

Festive city-goers celebrated a socially distanced tree lighting at City Hall last night highlighted by a Corporation donation of $5,000 to autism charity Tomorrow’s Voices. Charles Gosling, the Mayor, lit the tree at around 6.45pm while councill...

Shoppers and retailers did not let limitations imposed by the coronavirus pandemic to dampen their desire for a bargain on Black Friday – the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season. Stores across Hamilton opened at 3am and offered pre-su...

The Government paid out $11 million to redundant hotel workers at the Fairmont Southampton without an agreement from owner Gencom that the money would be paid back, it was revealed today. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, added that the Governm...

Government today announced it planned to change the Employment Act to bar long extensions to probation periods for employees. Jason Howard said other alterations would clarify the definition of independent contractors and require employers to have m...

The descendants of a man forced to sell his property in Tucker’s Town told a Commission of Inquiry into historic land losses that he was not paid for all of the land bought by compulsory purchase. Joann Adams told the Commission that her great grandf...