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The public must help shape the future of the island after the Covid-19 state-of-emergency restrictions are lifted, a government backbencher said yesterday. Jason Hayward, a former leader of the Bermuda Public Services Union, predicted a bleak future ...

Thousands of staff have been laid off by employers during the first weeks of the Covid-19 crisis ­— and those that have not been rehired after four months will lose their job on a permanent basis. The timeline is set out under Bermuda law under the E...

Many small retailers could be in “dire trouble” if their stores remain shuttered throughout May because of the Covid-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place regulations, a shop owner has warned. The businessman said he had built up a contingency fund over s...

“Solidarity” “Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.” — Oxford Dictionary What does that mean during a pandemic? Well, for 20 Atlantic/Caribbean leaders, it meant ...

Most commercial landlords are working with revenue-starved tenants to find ways to help them stay afloat. Businesses such as retailers and restaurants, whose income has been cut off by lockdown measures imposed over the Covid-19 crisis, have secured ...

The unemployment benefit issued by the Government is timely and appropriate social protection. It is an adequate policy response for short-term relief to the thousands who find themselves unemployed. The total social and economic impact of Covid-19 i...

The Covid-19 crisis will be historic for the insurance industry, said Evan Greenberg, chief executive officer of insurer Chubb. The virus and its ripple effects will impact both the asset side and the liability side of the balance sheet, he said. “Th...

A food programme launched in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic has doubled its meal output to 1,000 a day to meet demand. The Loren at Pink Beach, backed by Butterfield Bank, has prepared more than 12,000 meals for seniors and other vulnerable member...

A man who said he visited a house to buy alcohol despite the Covid-19 lockdown was fined $3,000 yesterday. Treadwell Smith, 33, from Devonshire, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the shelter-in-place regulations by leaving his home ...

While most of us are safe at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, essential workers put their lives at risk to keep Bermuda going. The Royal Gazette salutes these selfless men and women in hospitals, supermarkets, delivery vans, gas stations and other ...

The Reverend Tom Slawson is used to helping others. He was there in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the storm that killed nearly 2,000 and left millions homeless along the US Gulf Coast and New Orleans in 2005. He felt compelled to help again whe...