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More than 3,000 people could be hospitalised as a result of Covid-19, with 981 of them requiring critical care, a worst-case scenario released by the Bermuda Government warned yesterday. The figure of 3,096 would equate to a peak of 78 hospital admis...

When difficult times occur that disrupt normal day-to-day activity for each person, the challenge could be a tremendous burden because we react in different ways to issues that impact the very core of our personalities. Because of different backgroun...

As we know, life is about perspectives. What one may view as good, another may view as not so good. It’s all about perspectives. Over the past few months, we have witnessed the entire world being forced to evolve in order to deal with the effects of ...

Paget residents have been urged to check their CCTV footage to help in the search for a missing 72-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease. Robert Douglas was last seen in person near his home in My Lord’s Bay Lane in Hamilton Parish at about 4pm on Ma...

People have been warned that they can only burn garden waste at home. Police and the fire service said that people were using the shelter in place lockdown to tidy up their yards and burn lawn clippings and other vegetation. A Bermuda Fire and Rescue...

The public must help shape the future of the island after the Covid-19 state-of-emergency restrictions are lifted, a government backbencher said yesterday. Jason Hayward, a former leader of the Bermuda Public Services Union, predicted a bleak future ...

Bermuda’s gamers will soon be able to test their mettle against one another from the comfort of their homes. A spokesman for the BDA Esports League said an online Apex Legends tournament would be held on May 2, with gamers from across the island comp...

Thousands of staff have been laid off by employers during the first weeks of the Covid-19 crisis ­— and those that have not been rehired after four months will lose their job on a permanent basis. The timeline is set out under Bermuda law under the E...

Many small retailers could be in “dire trouble” if their stores remain shuttered throughout May because of the Covid-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place regulations, a shop owner has warned. The businessman said he had built up a contingency fund over s...

“Solidarity” “Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.” — Oxford Dictionary What does that mean during a pandemic? Well, for 20 Atlantic/Caribbean leaders, it meant ...

Most commercial landlords are working with revenue-starved tenants to find ways to help them stay afloat. Businesses such as retailers and restaurants, whose income has been cut off by lockdown measures imposed over the Covid-19 crisis, have secured ...

The unemployment benefit issued by the Government is timely and appropriate social protection. It is an adequate policy response for short-term relief to the thousands who find themselves unemployed. The total social and economic impact of Covid-19 i...