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The leader of the island’s white-collar union hit back yesterday after a Cabinet minister attacked health ministry staff for a claimed attempt to bring down the scientist leading the fight against Covid-19. Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda...

The island’s casino gambling watchdog will take over responsibility for all types of betting if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed. David Burt, the Premier, said the Gaming (Transfer of Functions) Act 2020 would move supervision of...

Police warned the public today about a scam e-mail that used the Premier’s name to promote a bogus investment opportunity. A police spokesman said that the e-mail, which called David Burt “Prime Minister Burt”, asked people to invest in a cryptocurre...

Three new coronavirus cases are “a serious wake-up call” that the pandemic was still a threat, the Minister of Health warned yesterday. Kim Wilson said that arrivals on the island must continue to limit their movements — even after two clear test res...

Enforcement of Covid-19 rules for parties will be stepped up in the wake of a controversial dinner that led to the departure of two Cabinet ministers. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said spot checks would be carried out at...

The Premier dismissed “malicious messages” on social media last night that criticised the island’s Covid-19 test laboratories. David Burt defended the abilities of Carika Weldon, a Bermudian biochemist and researcher at the Oxford Genomics Centre, pa...

David Burt is confident that physical distancing will be able to be maintained in schools in the upcoming academic year. The Premier was speaking at yesterday’s Covid-19 press conference at The Berkeley Institute. He said: “We have to be confident ...

There have been no new cases of Covid-19 since Friday out of 528 test results received, Kim Wilson, the health minister, said this evening. There are also no patients being treated in hospital for the illness, which has infected 144 people on the isl...

Bermuda cannot afford to let its guard slip because the country has gone more than a week without news Covid-19 cases, the Premier warned last night. David Burt highlighted that “many of us are letting our guard down” and that it would only take one ...

A temporary pay cut to parliamentarians was branded “window dressing” yesterday because the take-home pay for legislators would remain unchanged. The claim came after it was announced that MPs will have their salaries reduced for a year from July 1. ...

Groups of up to 20 people could be allowed to gather in the third phase of the island’s reopening, the Premier said today. David Burt added that the Continuing Precautions Regulations were expected to be amended to allow Wayne Caines, the national se...

David Burt has given himself responsibility for getting casinos up and running in Bermuda — and reiterated that only cashless gambling will be allowed in them. The Premier announced as part of a Cabinet reshuffle yesterday that “consistent with my re...