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Governments have announced ambitious programmes of economic relief. Regrettably, they remain trapped in the conventional modes of fighting recession, without acknowledging that this time it must be done differently. Now that the waters of the devasta...

Stanley Lowe, the former Speaker of the House of Assembly, has died. He was 82. Mr Lowe was a Progressive Labour Party MP for Southampton East for 44 years, after being elected as a member of the “Class of ’68” which marked the beginning of the moder...

David Burt said last night that he directed health officials to test everyone at the island’s largest nursing home as soon as the first case of Covid-19 was found there, but that “regrettably” it didn’t happen. The Premier was responding to questions...

A preliminary report on the possible future of the electricity sector was released by the industry watchdog tonight. The Regulatory Authority published the document on its website and asked for public views to be submitted by June 2. The authority sa...

The Bermuda National Gallery Youth Arts Council, aimed at students aged 14-17, produces art activities relevant to the teens of today. The free programme provides opportunities for creative and independent thinking through an exchange of ideas and ar...

This afternoon (April 27) the Governor, Mr John Rankin CMG, and the Deputy Governor, Ms Alison Crocket, visited the newly launched testing centre for essential workers at Southside, St David’s. While there they observed the process — while maintain...

Ascendant Group Limited was the only stock to trade on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index, with 1,500 shares changing hands, but with no impact on the closing price of $30.25. On the New York Stock Exchange, shares of Butterfield Bank were up $1.37, or 7.47...

Carey Olsen Bermuda partner Keith Robinson has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Actec is a trusts and estates lawyer organisation in the United States, with fellows in all 50 states as well as from 16 othe...

Civil servants will not agree to austerity measures until there is a clear plan for the economy, the head of the island’s white collar union warned last night. Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, highlighted the crucial...

March 24: Health officials meet with care home directors to discuss ways that care homes can protect seniors from Covid-19. Measures discussed include banning visitors, boosting cleaning and emergency plans if residents are infected. April 8: a seni...

Belco has pushed back the deadlines for its annual scholarships until the end of next month. The application period had been scheduled to close on Thursday. A Belco spokesman said: “Students are currently coping with unforeseen, unprecedented circums...

Ten more cases of Covid-19 were identified yesterday at the island’s biggest care home. The diagnoses took the number of cases confirmed at the Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home in Pembroke to 13 — 11 residents and two staff. That number is exp...