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Public schools are expected to re-open next Monday – if public health targets allow. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the Education Emergency Measures Committee had met yesterday and the plan would be confirmed when David Burt, the Premier...

Just two coronavirus cases were logged yesterday, health officials revealed tonight. The infections were among 1,014 results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 0.2 per cent. Both cases were recorded as on-island transmissions w...

Bermuda High School pupils will return to the classroom next week if the Government moves to Phase 2 of the gradual return to normal life on Sunday as planned. The news of the Monday return came in a letter from Linda Parker, the head of school, to p...

The Government lifted certain Covid-19 restrictions last Friday night. The change that stood out to me was stated in the Saturday Royal Gazette: “The relaxation will allow Bermuda College and public and private schools to reopen to let students an...

There are times when you cannot win for losing — and when it comes to making difficult decisions, pleasing everyone is out of the question. It has to be even tougher when trying to mobilise an entire community to combat what is essentially a global p...

“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw” — Nelson Mandela The Government has one of the biggest challenges that it could ever face. The leadership style that it has used to win...

Taxi drivers should get the Covid-19 jab because of the high-risk nature of the job, the head of the industry’s trade association said yesterday. David Frost, the president of the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association, added that a high number of driver...

Dear Sir, There has been a lot of reference recently to the ethics of allowing certain privileges for vaccinated people versus unvaccinated people. It would be most certainly unethical to allow the vaccinated any privileges if the vaccine were avail...

Dear Sir, Well, it ain't over til it's over! We're going to have to live with restrictions for a while yet. It is what it is, so there's no choice but to obey the laws of Covid. Let's take golf, for instance. Unless you play with a member of your ho...

Dear Sir, I read of the motorcade protest against the coronavirus vaccine rules and regulations. While respecting their right of free speech and assembly, I ask these people: “what are your expectations when you or your families and other friends a...

A duo of gas stations have teamed up to give 10 per cent gas discounts to cab drivers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Esso Warwick and Esso Crawl Hill said the discount scheme, which started last Saturday, would run to the end of July, but could be ex...

Dear Sir, There is so much disagreement among my family, friends and colleagues regarding the measures adopted by governments to manage Covid. After these discussions, I’m often left feeling that I should tone down my criticism of the measures adopte...