Royal Gazette

A One Bermuda Alliance senator vying to return to the House of Assembly has not ruled out making a bid to lead the party, but said he would do so only at the request of his team.
Ben Smith will face a…

Hurricane Franklin skimmed past Bermuda as a Category 2 storm late yesterday, with the island sustaining scattered power outages and cancelled flights.
The first major hurricane of the 2023 season pos…

A man convicted of raping a woman and threatening her with a knife is set to be released from custody, according to a government notice.
The notice, released by the Ministry of Legal Affairs and Const…

A visiting fan left elated after calling on Bermudian cricket hero Dwayne “Sluggo” Leverock has scored lucky a second time after getting to meet Leverock’s counterpart from the 2007 World Cup match th…

A war of words continued between the Progressive Labour Party and the One Bermuda Alliance last night over Ben Smith, the Opposition’s candidate for the upcoming by-election in Smith’s South.
The ruli…

The Government has failed to provide details of Bills that will be tabled during two “unusual” sittings of the House of Assembly next month.
MPs will be recalled to Parliament in the middle of their s…

Two motorists who were stopped by police were both ordered to participate in a drink-driver’s court treatment programme.
Jorge DeSilva, 47, from Paget, pleaded guilty to driving while impaired by alc…

A motorist who struck three cars on Somerset Road has been disqualified from driving all vehicles for a year.
Kyvon Ming, 34, from Warwick, admitted to riding his bike without due care and attention …

Waste collection will be pushed back by a day next week as the island celebrates labour Day on Monday.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works said: “Monday’s waste collections will roll over to …

A man convicted of raping a woman and threatening her with a knife is set to be released from custody, according to a Government notice.
The notice, released by the Ministry of Legal Affairs, stated t…

A veteran businessman and a senator will be representing the opposition One Bermuda Alliance at the next General Election.
Entrepreneur Joseph Marable is the candidate for Constituency 6, Hamilton Wes…

A Sandys man whose “aggressive and vicious” pitbull attacked and bit his neighbour, leaving the woman with lasting nerve damage, has been found guilty in Magistrates’ Court.
Macray Bulford, 50, previo…

A former police officer was dismissed from duty after he was found attempting to sneak into a woman’s house, The Royal Gazette can share.
Milen Simons, 36, was discharged after being convicted in Magi…

Ben Smith, the One Bermuda Alliance candidate for the upcoming by-election in Smith’s South, has denied allegations that he has ever made xenophobic comments.
Mr Smith, said that the remarks, made ahe…

Hurricane Franklin has weakened to a Category 3 hurricane and is expected to weaken further as it passes to the island’s northwest.
While the system is predicted to fall to a Category 2 storm by the t…

Plans to build a new nine-storey building on Front Street has attracted a planning objection from neighbours concerned about the impact that the construction project will have.
Developers hope to tear…

Police arrested a man on suspicion of possessing a canister of pepper spray, which is a prohibited weapon.
The man, who was stopped in a car at 3pm in Devonshire on Saturday, was also held on suspicio…

A lane closure on Frog Lane to allow workers to replace tower lights at National Stadium will continue until next Wednesday.
While the project was expected to be completed this week, the Ministry of P…

Police have renewed their appeal for witnesses to the hit-and-run that cost the life of popular footballer Marco Warren earlier this year.
Mr Warren was killed on North Shore Road, just west of Trinit…

St. George’s Seafood Festival is returning to celebrate Bermuda’s seafood culture with an afternoon of food, entertainment and community.
On September 17, from 12pm to 7pm, vendors will be set up on O…

The island’s twelfth person lost on the roads this year in a single vehicle crash early Monday morning has been identified by police as Treadwell Kirkland Butterfield, 53, a retired footballer and the…