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The education minister has backed decisions made in his absence after schools returned on a staggered basis after teachers had to wait for coronavirus test results. Diallo Rabain apologised to parents for the late notice that classrooms would not ope...

A dentist fears plans to involve dental health practitioners in coronavirus antigen tests for travellers could undermine safety standards in surgeries. Ronda James, a former head of the Bermuda Dental Board, said the Bermuda Health Council had failed...

Pupils at a private school will move to remote learning tomorrow after a “surge” in coronavirus cases. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Institute said that deep cleaning would be carried out before the school reopened in two weeks. She added: “This clos...

An order to extend public health emergency regulations has been published in the Government’s Official Gazette. The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Order was passed in the House of Assembly on December 10, 2021. A Government spokeswoman said: “Sim...

Active cases of Covid-19 have continued to climb, up to 1,953 from the 1,882 announced five days ago. There are now 13 people in hospital with the coronavirus, two of them in intensive care, as well as a new record for active infections. There were t...

It is not surprising that this is the time people feel the need and seize the opportunity to pile on: a shock resignation, a couple of missteps, arguable errors in judgment, poor optics, enveloped in plans and protocols that do not appear to be addre...

Everything in her life was preparing Paulina Roxo for marriage to Jevon Lowe – she just didn’t know it. In 2017, when she arrived in Bermuda to work as an accountant, she knocked on his parents' door, hopeful that she might rent their property in Pem...

Travellers en route to the US will be able to get coronavirus tests at doctors’ and dental surgeries, it was revealed today. The Bermuda Health Council said options for people to obtain fit-to-fly certificates would be expanded after an “unprecedente...

The Driving Horse and Pony Club of Bermuda was forced to postpone harness racing at the National Equestrian Centre at the weekend. Club officials called off Sunday’s scheduled races because of a low turnout of ponies brought on by the latest wave of...

Children aged 12 and up are now eligible for booster shots against Covid-19, the Government announced last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, revealed the booster jab could go to children who received their second dose of the vaccine six month a...

Dear Sir, Do you recall that meme that made the rounds several times showing a crowd of people at a rally doing the Nazi salute but with one man in the middle folding his arms and appearing to look around? The caption was something like “be this guy”...

Business leaders have backed quarantine policy changes for people who are close contacts of infected people. Karl Massam, the head of the Chamber of Commerce’s restaurant division and general manager of the Yellowfin restaurant group, said yesterday ...