Royal Gazette

Public consultation on this year’s pre-Budget report has been extended to next week.
According to a Government spokeswoman, the report “defines the priorities for the next budget in a medium-term fra…

A wet and windy weekend starts tomorrow, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
Gale strength winds with some storm force gusts and the potential for thunder and heavy rain are expected to sweep ac…

The Premier and the Governor are to be given new cars – after their old vehicles put in a combined 44 years of service.
The new vehicles will cost the taxpayer $25,000 each – once customs duty paid to…

Consumer confidence in the economy has slumped to its second-lowest level in the past five years, according to a new survey.
That financial uncertainty has fuelled people’s fears about being able to …

A groundbreaking entrepreneur who helped to “reignite” tourism for St George’s stood out as a “mentor for Bermudian entrepreneurship”, a colleague said yesterday.
Natalie Moran, who worked with Michae…

A man who refused to take a Breathalyser test has been fined and banned from driving for 18 months.
Ankoma Cannonier, 44, from St George’s, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared in Magistrate…

A motorcyclist who collided with a parked van has been banned from riding motorbikes for six months.
Tynhai Suhuartono-Todd, 18, from Sandys, pleaded guilty to careless driving when he appeared in Ma…

Mail sent out of the UK has been hit by delays following a computer glitch which has caused “a severe service disruption“.
According to a Government spokeswoman, Royal Mail is temporarily unable to di…

Efforts by Belco to restore power to tens of thousands of homes after Hurricane Fiona have been recognised with an award.
The Edison Electric Institute announced today that Belco, one of its member co…

Walter Roban, the Home Affairs Minister, has insisted he is not insulting fishermen by refusing a face-to-face meeting over a controversial Government ocean conservation initiative.
Mr Roban, who is a…

Businesses bidding for Government contracts will find the process less burdensome under a pilot programme.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said that the Vendor Pre-qualif…

Residents are invited to celebrate the life of civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King at an event at the Anglican Cathedral on Monday.
Local organisations will also be recognised for their efforts…

A Bermuda based shipping firm has become the first corporate sponsor of a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping Bermudians find a career on the sea.
Cool Company Limited, an LNG shipping compan…

Bermudians paid ten per cent more for food last October year-on-year, according to the consumer price index report released today by the Department of Statistics.
Food prices have consistently shown t…

The Minister of Public Works, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch is to hold a press conference at 3pm on the vendor prequalification programme.
According to a ministry spokesman the VPP “aims to make it e…

Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and the Minister of Home Affairs, is holding a press conference at 1pm at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo on the importance of marine protected areas.
We will hav…

Nearly three in four people in Bermuda are going without, or buying less owing to the cost-of-living crisis, a survey has found.
Also, more than 80 per cent of residents oppose independence for the is…

The widow of a Bermuda police officer who served for 25 years has been promised the $12,000 she failed to receive from her husband’s pension after 18 months of pressing the Government for the money.
B…

A private fund set up to make “significant investments“ in Bermuda’s infrastructure has stopped funding new projects, it has been confirmed.
The Bermuda Infrastructure Fund was set up at the end of 20…

Bermuda has recorded another Covid-related death in the past week, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease to 155.
But the number of active cases has almost halved in the past seven days …

Nearly three in four people in Bermuda are going without, or buying less owing to the cost-of-living crisis, a survey has found.
Also, more than 80 per cent of residents oppose independence for the is…

The number of saplings planted on a “tree farm” in the centre of Hamilton has more than doubled after the plot was extended.
Donleigh Park, on Par-la-Ville Road, has been home to 19 young trees plante…

Internet users could be exposing themselves to blackmail by posting intimate images of themselves, police have warned.
A police spokesman said that although only ten complaints of online sextortion we…