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The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation has announced a series of measures designed to help small and medium-sized businesses deal with the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The organisation has reallocated budgeted funds and modified it...

History repeats itself and the gory tragedies, which as tales and legends of the past, come back to truly haunt unsuspecting generations. A little more than a century ago, I lost a few of my ancestors to yellow fever, which was followed a little late...

A Bermudian in strict quarantine in China said yesterday that everyone at home had to play their part to limit the spread of Covid-19. Harrison Burke said: “The longer it takes for people to get their act together and take this seriously, the longer...

An emergency transport service to get hospital staff to work is to be introduced. The move came after emergency service workers who travel to work by public transport were forced to walk or find alternative ways to get to their jobs after services we...

Dear Sir, I have for many years pointed out that no colony could ever be considered a true democracy if it is subjected to the will of another national that has almost absolute political control over it. Not only do I believe that our elections are ...

The Government is to help workers laid off in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the labour minister has said. Lovitta Foggo said: “The Government of Bermuda understands the financial position of employers as it relates to the continued operation and...

Bermuda now has six cases of Covid-19 and more positive test results are expected in the days ahead, the Premier said last night. David Burt added four new cases had been detected on top of two earlier ones. Mr Burt said that none of the six people ...

An economist has called for local banks to halt payments of bonuses and dividends, and to suspend share buybacks, to maximise their ability to help the community through the Covid-19 crisis. Robert Stubbs, head of research at Seed Bermuda (Social, Ec...

As New York City went into lockdown on Friday with more than 4,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 34 deaths, Susan Wakefield was scrambling to find needed medication. “I called the doctor yesterday and left a message. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to...

A group of Bermuda students were stranded in Toronto last night after an emergency flight to bring them home was cancelled at the last minute. Karen Marino, a Bermudian student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, travelled nearly 800 mil...

Bermuda High School for Girls and Warwick Academy have announced IB exams will be cancelled this year. A BHS press release follows: Bermuda High School for Girls has announced to students, parents and staff that the IB examinations due to take place ...

The Fairmont Southampton hotel has shut down some of its facilities to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Turtle Hill Golf Club and the Waterlot Inn are among the resort’s attractions “temporarily closed” in line with Government guidelines to reduce the s...