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The finance minister promised he is keeping a close eye on the public purse strings during the Covid-19 crisis — but his priority is to get relief to struggling families. Curtis Dickinson was speaking after Heather Thomas, the Auditor-General, warne...

Emergency medical flights are more of a problem than ever because of the Covid-19 crisis, one of the island’s top health insurance professionals said yesterday. BF&M’s Michelle Jackson said the impact of the airport closure, the scarcity of beds at o...

Some hotels will shut for good if the Government fails to give the industry a break on employment overheads, industry leaders have warned the Premier. The Bermuda Hotel Association asked for an extension of the 12-week unemployment benefits programme...

Bermuda’s health providers will next month update how they classify medical problems to help provide better coverage. The Bermuda Health Council announced this morning it would shift its medical diagnostic coding system from ICD-9 to ICD-10, which it...

When the calendar turned January 1, 2020, organisers for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Bermuda Gold Cup match-racing regatta were eyeing this week, the nineteenth week of 2020, as a celebration of the storied regatta. This week was to be the week th...

John Rankin, the Governor, visited the Bermuda Coast Guard today to mark its 50th day of embodiment operations. The facility at Watford House is operating round the clock to enforce emergency regulations on the water, ensure mariners are complying wi...

Shares of BF&M Ltd fell 25 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $15.75 after 4,000 traded on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index. A total of 1,000 shares in Ascendant Group Ltd changed hands, but with no change to the closing price of $31. On the New York Stock Exchan...

The Bermuda Football Association is accepting applications for its Legends Scholarships 2020. The 2019 recipients of the two-year awards were Damion Simmons, Cory Booth, Danni Watson, Keishon Bean and Calon Minors. The 2020 BFA Legends are: Chevonn...

An annual cancer fundraising event will take place in virtual form this evening. The 2020 Relay for Life, which supports the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, will start at 6pm “island wide” with participants to register and join in from their homes,...

Legislation to allow people to withdraw up to $12,000 from their private pension plans was approved by the Senate yesterday. Vance Campbell, a government senator and the junior public works minister, said the legislation was intended to help people w...

A cruise ship passenger caught with $240,000 worth of drugs on a Bermuda-bound vessel was jailed for more than two years yesterday. Margil Mireles, 32, was sentenced to 27 months in the Supreme Court for his involvement in a plot to bring cannabis, l...

A deal to sell a Bermudian-based reinsurer to a French mutual insurance group has been called off. A $9 billion cash agreement to sell PartnerRe to Paris-based Covéa was reached in March, but the French firm said that due to the “significant uncertai...