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Apart from the global pandemic that has many governments scrambling to cope with a virus that has brought so many powerful nations to their knees, there are other horrific incidents such as refugee camp fires, massive flooding and military confrontat...

I have been talking with friends about how quickly we’ve become accustomed to not touching, and whether it will feel too intimate or uncomfortable when we are finally allowed to hug each other again. There is some interesting research coming out abou...

Walk-in service at the Department of Ageing and Disability Services has been put on hold due to the recent surge of Covid-19 cases. A spokeswoman said the Department will remain open and accept telephone calls on 292-7802 between 8.45am and 4.45pm o...

An appeal has been launched to raise more than $200,000 to cover the cost of the hospital’s Covid vaccination clinic. The Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation (BCHF), the fundraising arm of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, has launched the appeal sayi...

Butterfield Bank announced today that staffing levels in their Bermuda banking centres will temporarily be reduced as they return to split teams working alternating shifts beginning on Monday. Banking centres in Hamilton, Somerset and St George will ...

A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...

Students at Somersfield Academy will move into remote learning from Monday, according to a letter to parents from the Principal. Somersfield principal Carlos Symonds said in the letter that the school has not had a positive case but added: “With the ...

Bermuda football coach Kyle Lightbourne smashed through the reporting stigma associated on island with Covid-19 by disclosing to The Royal Gazette yesterday that he contracted the potentially deadly disease this month. Lightbourne, who did not experi...

The number of active cases of Covid-19 has jumped to 184 as the Ministry of Health last night confirmed another 34 cases of the virus in Bermuda. The new cases – from among 1,191 test results received by the Ministry – included one case imported by a...

The Bermuda Sail Grand Prix will go ahead without in-person spectators at Cross Island, organisers announced yesterday afternoon. A spokeswoman for SailGP said: “While the event is very much going ahead, in light of the recent government regulations,...

Two new test centres for the coronavirus have been added by the Ministry of Health for next week. The pop-up locations are at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke and the Horseshoe Bay Beach car park in Southampton. TCD can be used at the out...

A batch of Covid-19 vaccines was left to defrost for longer than recommended before being given to 41 people earlier this month. Chief Medical Officer Ayoola Oyinloye sent a letter yesterday to those who received the shot at Bermuda College on the ev...