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The Premier yesterday came under fire from a previous head of government after he demanded the right to pick which journalists were allowed to interview him. David Burt drew criticism from Michael Dunkley of the Opposition after The Royal Gazette was...

Dear Sir, With travel protocols changed requiring a test 24 hours before flights and testing results being delayed by an increased demand for testing, why are we still hearing people say they are on hold for up to two hours - and maybe more - to reac...

Dear Sir, The Bermuda Government, or rather, its small cabal exercising control over our daily lives, is continuing to foster an unhealthy psychological obsession in the country. It wasn't intentional. The intention was the opposite, ie to protect he...

The island’s active cases of Covid-19 have climbed to 1,604 — the second highest level recorded since the pandemic hit the island almost two years ago. There were 689 positive cases from 7,125 tests carried out from last Tuesday to Thursday. Tuesday’...

The Premier yesterday apologised for delays in coronavirus testing that were branded “chaotic” by the Opposition. David Burt admitted there had a been a “difference of opinion” with Carika Weldon, the scientist in charge of the test system, as he def...

No arrests for drink driving were made at the island’s roadside breath test checkpoints over the Christmas holiday. The checkpoints, which earlier reported no arrests up to Christmas Eve, went the rest of the way to their final night on Boxing Day wi...

The Government is to introduce a pilot at-home coronavirus antigen test programme at some schools, The Royal Gazette understands. A letter said to be from Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education, was sent to “system leaders” after a backlog o...

The Government may relax quarantine measures imposed to stem a recent surge in coronavirus infections, The Royal Gazette can reveal. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health confirmed that the Government was aware that other countries had reduced qua...

Both senior schools will stay shut today, the Government announced last night. CedarBridge Academy and Berkeley Institute will continue with remote learning amid problems with coronavirus testing of large numbers of staff and pupils across the school...

The shambles surrounding Bermuda’s much hyped Covid-19 testing system worsened at the end of last week with the resignation of Dr Carika Weldon as the Government’s scientific adviser. Dr Weldon returned to Bermuda from the UK at the beginning of the...

Phone software may have cut cases of Covid-19 by as much as 20 per cent during the island’s worst outbreak, the company that created the programme has said. WeHealth, a US-based firm, said that the app, now being used by about 25 per cent of resident...

The Government last night stayed tight-lipped on how essential services had been affected by the latest wave of coronavirus infections — despite repeated questions from The Royal Gazette. Officials were e-mailed a series of questions last week a...