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A scientist’s hunch nine months ago put the island’s Covid-19 test programme ahead of the curve in quickly tracking the Omicron variant of the virus. The new strain was second-guessed earlier this year by Bermudian geneticist Carika Weldon of the Mol...

Students across seven year groups at Bermuda High School were forced to study from home yesterday as a result of positive Covid-19 cases being detected. Linda Parker, the school’s head teacher, sent a letter to parents on Sunday advising that owing...

New travel regulations, including the ability for residents to use their pre-departure test as an arrival test if returning within 72 hours, came into effect yesterday. Three changes, which have been brought to streamline border protocols, apply to a...

At least 16 of the island’s 35 active coronavirus cases are of the Omicron variant, it was announced last night. It means the number of active Omicron cases has gone up from two when figures were released on December 9. The news came as 20 people tes...

The old adage no battle plan survives the first contact with the enemy could apply equally well to government budgets, never more so than when the Covid-19 pandemic is added to the mix. So Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, deserves some sympat...

More than 20,000 Covid-19 antigen tests have been handed out to charities and other organisations last week. The donations came after a joint effort by the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community with the Bermuda Foundation. T...

Higher than expected Government revenues this year have been overtaken by pandemic-related expenses, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House that estimated revenues for the year would be $8 mil...

One more case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been isolated, health officials said last night. The infection was found in a person who arrived on the island from overseas. There have now been two confirmed Omicron cases on the islan...

Bermuda sits at the centre of the latest novel by Jonathan Cullen, a "bestselling author of historical fiction". Inspiration for Bermuda Blue came from the love affair the American writer has had with the island since his first trip here in the 1980s...

Dear Sir, When it comes to the positions of Minister of Tourism and Bermuda Tourism Authority chief executive, has there ever been a more mundane, more uninspiring pair than the current duo? One hardly hears anything from our tourism minister. The la...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly has signalled to MPs that any one of them could ask for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Dennis Lister insisted he had to stay neutral, but that a member from either side of the House could pu...