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The worst-case model for a year of Covid-19 was updated last night — with lower numbers of deaths than estimated at the start of the pandemic. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the new model suggested, at worst, a possible 1,600 in hospital and 2...

Organisers of an event to mark Bermuda’s milestone first gay Pride march almost a year ago are unsure if a commemoration planned for this weekend will go ahead. Thousands took to the streets of Hamilton on August 31 last year in an unprecedented show...

Panicked St George’s residents feared the statue of Sir George Somers in the Olde Towne had fallen victim to protesters this week. But the sculpture by Desmond Fountain, which has stood on Ordnance Island since 1984, was only moved from its tradition...

A fundraising drive by the Bermuda Visitor Services Centres has aided a community effort to support restaurant workers hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. The “Purchase with a Purpose” campaign kicked off May 20 in the run-up to Bermuda Day and ran th...

Today is an historic milestone — the 400th anniversary of the island’s Parliament, which first convened at St Peter’s Church in St George. A re-creation of the inaugural session under the Governor, Nathaniel Butler, which came with a daylong sermon a...

The Government’s unemployment benefits have been upped from 16 weeks to 18 weeks. David Burt announced the extension yesterday. The next payments are set for the week after Cup Match, the Premier added. The benefits period will end at different times...

The Progressive Labour Party’s three years back in government under David Burt’s leadership came with a trial by fire, with a pandemic thwarting some of its goals. The Premier’s B-plus assessment of his administration this week came with the acknowle...

Bermuda is on the hook for “tens of millions” of dollars to cover lost airport revenues because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the chairman of the Bermuda Airport Authority said yesterday. Lawrence Scott, also a Progressive Labour Party MP, said the Gover...

Special emergency payments to out-of-work residents are expected to be extended for an extra two weeks, it was revealed last night. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said almost 4,000 clients would get their last payment on July 31. But he added: “...

Most of the 62 Portuguese nationals who quit the island in a special repatriation flight this week left because they had lost their jobs — and many had “left for good”, the travel agent who arranged the flight said yesterday. Luisa Da Ponte, of Trip ...