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Sacking workers who choose not to be vaccinated against Covid-19 would breach employment law, the Ministry of Labour warned yesterday. A spokesman added that staff who do not get the jab would still be entitled to sick leave if they tested positive f...

American Airlines is to ground its service between Miami and Bermuda, it has been revealed. The airline will instead fly to the island from Charlotte, North Carolina. Glenn Jones, the interim CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the move from ...

David Burt, the Premier, confirmed that sport has moved into stage three of the Government’s “Return to Play” guidance initiative with saliva Covid testing commencing this week. After an interruption to sporting activity since early December because ...

The Covid-19 curfew will end tomorrow morning, the Premier revealed last night. David Burt also announced that licensed premises will be allowed to stay open until midnight and other businesses will no longer have to close at 11pm. Kim Wilson, the ...

Bermuda’s hopes of calling on overseas-based players for the opening two fixtures of the upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers have been dealt a major blow. Kyle Lightbourne’s side are scheduled to begin their campaign with a match away to group B favou...

Dear Sir, Further to the headlines in today’s Royal Gazette (February 13, 2021), may I request, say, a waiter/waitress who has been vaccinated and refuse to be served by a person who has not without being accused of discrimination? I use restaurants...

A third shipment of Covid-19 vaccine from Britain will arrive a week later than planned, the Governor said this week. But Rena Lalgie added that the delivery delay for the Pfizer jabs was not expected to disrupt vaccination administration. Ms Lalgie...

A nurse who had both doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine said yesterday that side-effects were a sign that the body’s immune system had worked. Dunae Richards also appealed to Black people to sign up for the jab and insisted that there was “a level ...

A single coronavirus case was recorded yesterday after 1,458 test results came back to health officials. A health ministry spokeswoman said the new case was an on-island transmission with a known contact. She added four people had recovered since the...

A total of 15 people were caught in breach of the midnight curfew over the weekend, police said yesterday. The news sparked a warning from Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes that the regulations would continue to be enforced. He added tha...

Dear Sir, The Covid-19 pandemic brought to Bermuda a daily press conference by the Government and its staff. The most glaring problem has been that these press conferences had never started on time. By not starting on time, they overrun other program...

Employers should talk to their staff if they planned to introduce Covid-19 vaccination policies, a lawyer said yesterday. Gambrill Robinson, an associate lawyer at Canterbury Law, highlighted that the type and size of a business could be taken into a...