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The Opposition has slammed a Government decision to introduce mandatory hotel quarantines without a debate in Parliament. Mark Pettingill, the lawyer for a protest group that questioned the legality of the order, also condemned the decision to bypass...

Additional pension withdrawals for people who have faced financial hardship because of the Covid-19 crisis were approved by MPs on Friday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Amendment A...

A South African hit with the words ‘save me, save me, save me’ has become the anthem for restaurant recovery on the island. Waiters, bartenders and restaurateurs have laid out their appeal in a YouTube video as part of a dance challenge inspired by t...

A restaurant owner with 31 years’ experience in the industry predicted it would take several years to regain ground lost in the Covid-19 crisis. Maz Shabdeen, who was forced to close his Dockyard restaurant early in the crisis, warned that even with ...

A man who almost hit with a police car while out past the curfew on New Year’s Day was yesterday fined $1,500. Darico Clarke, 29, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the earlier 11pm to 5am curfew. The court heard that police were dri...

Bermudians have been unable to board flights to the island because of problems with Covid-19 travel authorisation, the Government said yesterday. A Government spokeswoman said that “no Bermudian will be denied the ability to return home” and that ai...

Strict new quarantine rules that came into force were today outlined by the national security ministry. All non-immunised travellers will be put in a 14-day mandatory quarantine at an authorised hotel at their own expense, unless they can get an exem...

The Delta variant - also known as the Indian variant - of the coronavirus may have been identified on the island. The variant, considered to be more virulent than other forms of Covid-19 and currently driving an upsurge in cases in the UK and elsewh...

A fresh attack on controversial plans to enforce unvaccinated arrivals to quarantine in hotels at their own expense was mounted yesterday – from the Government side of the House of Assembly. Progressive Labour Party MPs broke ranks during a debate in...

St George’s Cricket Club have disputed champions Somerset Cricket Club’s claim that there is “no clause” in the rules which would force them to surrender their title after refusing the formal invitation from the challengers to contest Cup Match in St...

The death rate on the island in 2020 hit its highest levels for at least 20 years, the home affairs minister said yesterday. Walter Roban said the number of deaths rose by 31, or 5.8 per cent, to 566 last year. Mr Roban, speaking in the House of Asse...

The number of groups exempted from supervised quarantine rules has been slashed, it was revealed tonight. A Government spokeswoman said that the seven exempted categories for non-vaccinated arrivals had been cut to three in response to the spread of ...