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Bermuda has gained increased visibility around the world because of its response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its move to encourage “digital nomads” to live and work on the island for up to a year. International business executives predicted the isla...

The Bermuda Public Services Union was right last week to criticise public works minister Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch for his attack on black female civil servants in the health ministry. That the BPSU should come to the defence of civil servants ...

More than 800 coronavirus tests that came back yesterday were clear. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that 803 test results showed no new cases. The total number of confirmed cases remained at 154. Four cases are active and under public ...

Social services agencies will be vital in the aftermath of Covid-19, the new head of Family Centre predicted. Sandy De Silva, who took over as executive director of the charity this month, said charities and organisations, left with a struggle to sur...

One of the reinsurance industry’s key gatherings has been cancelled for 2020 due to disruptions and restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Baden-Baden Reinsurance Meeting in Germany was to have been held from October 18 to 22. It normally ...

Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) today announces that a consultation has been launched on a draft Code of Practice (the Code) relating to the Mental Health Act 1968 and subsequent amendments. As allowed by the Act, the Minister of Health has delegated t...

The Ombudsman has logged an increased number of complaints about the island’s prison system. The office dealt with 263 complaints last year, with 55 of them to do with the Department of Corrections — almost five times more than any other body. The Be...

Expatriate hotel workers said yesterday they were “heartbroken” to leave the island after more than a decade as they sold off household items. Staff at the Fairmont Southampton said up to 150 expatriate workers had started to pack their bags as layof...

A Cabinet member said that he offered to meet the leader of the island’s white-collar union today to discuss alleged attempts by health ministry staff to bring down a scientist in the front line of the battle against Covid-19. Lieutenant-Colonel Davi...

A supermarket chain is to continue to offer discounts three days a week until the end of next month. Zach Moniz, the manager at the Lindo’s Group of Companies, said the discount days would shift this week to take into account the Cup Match holiday. M...

A restaurant has appealed for donors to help it continue a meals programme for people hit by the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Huckleberry, at the Rosedon Hotel in Pembroke, said it planned to keep on preparing up to 1,000 meals a week i...

The Minister of Health has warned residents who plan to travel overseas not to use coronavirus tests taken on the island as a way to fulfil the pre-departure test option when they return. Kim Wilson explained yesterday: “With the long weekend coming ...