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Dear Sir, David Tavares’ letter in today’s Royal Gazette is right on the money. If more people ask the same questions, might we be more likely to get answers? If voters start asking their MPs these questions, will we get answers? I wrote to my MP ...

Dear Sir, Having been a volunteer fireman 55 years ago, I wonder why the Fire Service, which is having staffing problems, cannot get volunteers to assist. Training would be necessary and it would not happen overnight to get such volunteers operationa...

The Premier has praised the Government’s science adviser Carika Weldon after a minister downplayed the impact of her resignation – which sparked public criticism that her work had been “minimised”. David Burt, who was off the island at a cryptocurren...

Staff shortages have forced bus services to run on an “enhanced Sunday schedule” from Monday, the Department of Public Transportation said yesterday. A spokeswoman said: “The DPT apologises for the inconvenience caused by the temporary service and is...

Quarantine periods are to be cut from next week, the health minister revealed yesterday. Kim Wilson added that schoolchildren would also switch from PCR tests to the antigen type. Ms Wilson insisted that the changes to quarantine requirements would h...

A new record for Covid-19 numbers was revealed last night as cases shot up to 1,882. The total surpassed the 1,612 peak of cases logged on September 21 last year – the height of Bermuda’s fourth wave. A total of 661 new infections were recorded from ...

The loss of the Government’s science adviser and head of its Covid-19 test lab in just 18 days’ time will have no effect on the lab’s performance, the health minister declared yesterday. Kim Wilson said the resignation of Carika Weldon, the executive...

Dear Sir, Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and I find myself still unable to answer what I feel is a relatively straightforward question: Who exactly is benefiting from the government’s mandated PCR over-testing [and over-quarantining] re...

Hospital patients could be asked to recuperate at home to avoid bed blocking as medics braced themselves for an influx of patients, a senior doctor said yesterday. Wesley Miller, the chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, warned that he expec...

Public school pupils will be able to return to the classroom after taking a coronavirus antigen test at home instead of a PCR test. Tinée Furbert, the Acting Minister of Education, said the change will be phased in from next week. Antigen tests have ...

Some pupils at Bermuda High School were learning online this week after pupils tested positive for the coronavirus. Linda Parker, the head of school, said that staff had done everything it could to keep as many pupils in classrooms as possible. But s...