Royal Gazette

Minor traffic disruptions occurred in the East End last night after a collision ended in a car being overturned.
Police, emergency medical services and the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service were called …

A charity dedicated to tackling abuse has been given a $5,000 boost thanks to members of Court House Squash and Wellness.
The gym this month donated proceeds from its annual Christmas party to Scars i…

The Commissioner of Police today encouraged everyone to have a safe and happy holiday weekend.
Darrin Simons asked the public to think of others while celebrating and to stay off the roads after consu…

Packages of illegal drugs estimated at a street value of $800,000 have been seized in a joint operation between the Bermuda Police Service drugs unit and customs officers.
A BPS spokesman said a male …

Gale-force winds are expected to ease in time for Christmas Day, but cold and cloudy conditions will likely persist.
The Bermuda Weather Service said in its 11.30am public forecast that a passing cold…

The Supreme Court has ordered the retrial of a man convicted last year of luring a teenage girl.
While the defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found guilty by magistrate Auralee…

Workers at Bermuda’s national incinerator received a helping hand with decorations this year as members of the public donated brand new ornaments.
Tynes Bay staff showed off their handiwork yesterday …

A man who intruded on a woman’s privacy will be sentenced in Magistrates’ Court in February.
Kevin Rubaine, 48, admitted the offence when he appeared in court yesterday.
Rubaine, from Devonshire, comm…

Two charities on the island have received the gift of warmth this month from a global service organisation.
The Kiwanis Club of Hamilton teamed up with The Berkeley Institute Kiwanis Key Club students…

The streets of St George on a winter’s night are bright this month with an array of lit-up displays for Christmas.
The Olde Towne ambience is a prelude to its festivities of New Year’s Eve, centred on…

A local restaurant group rallied to raise $3,000 for the Jamaican Hurricane Relief Fund during a special brunch last month.
MEF Ltd, also known as the Little Venice Group, raised the funds at Fourway…

A One Bermuda Alliance parliamentarian has praised the decision to refuse planning permission for the introduction of a zip-line attraction at Southlands.
The planning application by EDI Bermuda propo…

The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre has urged donors to give the gift of life as it faces a “critical shortage” of O-positive blood.
Eyitayo Fakunle, the Chief of Pathology, said the need for donors was pa…

Bermuda made international headlines this week as multiple media outlets appeared to confuse the island for its Caribbean cousin, Barbuda.
The Reuters news agency reported that as part of the United S…

Several bags had to be removed from a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to the island on Sunday due to weight restrictions, the carrier confirmed.
It came after a passenger complained tha…

A driver has sustained minor injuries in an incident on South Road, near the junction with Middle Road in Southampton.
Police are on the scene where a truck went over a roadside verge.
The Bermuda P…

The Minister of Home Affairs has toured a cargo vessel and the island’s main container port to get insights into the cost of transporting goods.
Alexa Lightbourne joined Cheryl Hayward-Chew, chief exe…

A man shot dead on Thursday after a gunman opened fire into a Pembroke residence from outside has been identified by police as 40-year-old Jahmel Mallory.
Mr Mallory was pronounced dead at the hospita…

The Salvation Army has called urgently on the community to consider supporting its work after it suffered a 50 per cent reduction in monetary donations compared with last year.
While the organisation…

Police are reminding the community to be mindful of scammers targeting local businesses and members of the public, particularly customers of financial institutions.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police…

A month-long weapons amnesty has resulted in about 40 mostly bladed articles being handed in to surrender bins and police stations around the island.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes and…

A former major has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission about his dismissal from the Royal Bermuda Regiment.
Preston Gill, 48, alleged that he was “medically boarded” out of the RBR — th…

Court Street was awash with holiday joy yesterday during the area’s annual Christmas market.
The event, which filled up the stretch between Victoria and Elliot streets, invited the public to take car…

A company seeking to turn a vacant Hamilton building into an hotel has called for the reconsideration of approved plans to redevelop a neighbouring plot.
Ay Ay Holdings Bermuda Ltd, which received pla…

The aroma of hot Christmas meals will return to Court Street this year as Regina Peniston hosts her seventeenth annual Boxing Day dinner.
While Ms Peniston said a recent illness had made her worry tha…