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The $3.5 million overpaid in unemployment benefits over the Covid-19 crisis is being targeted for return, the labour minister has insisted. Jason Hayward said: “I know that the Ministry of Finance has a team working hard to recover those funds. “The ...

A crypto-finance company operating in Bermuda has donated 100 meals to frontline healthcare workers. The meals were delivered to staff at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit through the Meal Train programme, which asks contributo...

Public schools will no longer have entire classes quarantined if a Covid-19 case is detected, the education minister said yesterday. Diallo Rabain added the school surveillance unit will instead contact people found to be close or casual contacts and...

A “leave no one behind approach” should be adopted by governments as part of the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, a regional conference heard. The news came as Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, outlined discussions a...

A memorial tree in commemoration of the island’s 106 victims of Covid-19 has been planted. The Bermuda cedar was placed in the Botanical Gardens in Paget by David Burt, the Premier and Kim Wilson, the health minister. Mr Burt said more Bermudians had...

A playground slide, ultimately, pushed me to start looking for appointments. My family had been walking by a playground not far from our house when an unexpected sighting of friends caused my nine-year-old son to jump into a game of tag. The laughter...

The Government must improve administrative procedures to prevent overpayments of emergency unemployment benefits, the Auditor-General has said. And efforts should be made to recover $3.5 million in estimated overpayments to ensure that the “integrity...

An online marketplace for island businesses to sell Bermudian products and experiences will be launched at the end of the month. David Burt told the House of Assembly on Friday that the economic recovery plan had identified the establishment of a sm...

A 60-day extension of public health emergency regulations was passed in the House of Assembly on Friday. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, read the Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Extension (No 6) Order 2021 in the absence of Kim Wilson, the...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has fallen by four to 58, the department of health said last night. There were 20 positive results out of 6,674 tests carried out between last Sunday and Wednesday – a positivity rate of 0.3 per cent. But 24 people...

A wishlist of more than 30 Throne Speech priorities is too many for the Government to deal with, an Opposition MP said last night. Scott Pearman, the shadow legal affairs minister, said the Government should prioritise immigration changes, foreign i...

A reinsurance firm has donated $45,000 to help pay for Covid-19 tests in schools. PartnerRe said the donation towards lateral antigen testing was designed to help pupils get back to their classrooms. A spokesman said: “PartnerRe is committed to suppo...