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As I write this, we are in yet another wave of outbreak, with the numbers of those with Covid diagnoses once again rising, and a raft of restrictions and closures on the horizon. We often say that grief comes in waves; symbolising that healing and r...

The son of a charity fundraiser followed in his late father’s footsteps yesterday and donated 100 handmade masks to a charity for vulnerable families. Rashad Thompson, 43, delivered the masks to Family Centre on King Street in Hamilton in honour of h...

Bermuda now has 753 people under public health monitoring for Covid-19, with 26 people in hospital for the illness – six in intensive care. There were 71 new cases of coronavirus recorded yesterday out of the 1,587 latest test results, giving a posit...

Cricket clubs have been ordered by the Bermuda Cricket Board to cease training, as a precaution against the rising spike in Covid-19 cases. Arnold Manders, the BCB president, confirmed that correspondence had been sent to the clubs yesterday morning,...

A few days ago a very good friend of mine, Jamel Hardtman, posted something on Facebook that grabbed the attention of quite a few people. Mr Hardtman stated that governments around the world are missing the boat by failing to encourage people to incr...

Vaccine incentives have become a topical debate as Bermuda races to vaccinate the community amidst rising Covid-19 cases and deaths. The race to vaccinate is increasingly urgent and the possibility of incentives has become the “carrot on a stick” to...

A record 89 positive cases of Covid-19 were recorded yesterday, bringing the total number of active cases to an unprecedented 737, the health ministry said tonight. Twenty people were in hospital, down from 21 yesterday, and five people remained in c...

This is no lament for the way we were — now is not the time — but rather recognition of the way it is, and is likely to be for some time to come. There can be few among of us who are not suffering exhaustion and/or fatigue and/or exasperation with th...

Initially, when I heard of the Covid-19 virus, my thoughts went instantly to bacteria or germ warfare, and that this virus was some kind of payback. There was an abundance of plausible deniability, which, even if it were true, would be very hard to p...

These are frequently asked questions about the Covid-19 Pfizer/BioNTEch vaccine being used in Bermuda. A fuller list is available at https://www.gov.bm/vaccines-faqs Source: Department of Health Is the vaccine safe? The vaccine developed by Pfiz...

Six people were last night in intensive care in hospital as Bermuda recorded 28 new positive cases of Covid-19. At a press conference Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the island’s active cases stood at 670, with 21 now in hospital, down from 22....