Royal Gazette

Firefighters rushed to the airport yesterday after a report of smoke in a private jet in the skies off the island.A spokesman for the fire service said they received a call just after 1.30pm about smoke in the cabin of an aircraft ten miles out from the airport.He added: “On arrival, fire crews saw a Lear Jet with three persons on board.”Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus inspected the inside and the outside of the Lear Jet. After investigation it was determined that the sm

Two new cases of the coronavirus were logged today, health officials said.The cases, both returning residents, arrived on the Delta flight from Atlanta yesterday and on the British Airways flight from London on Wednesday.A health ministry spokeswoman said both had been isolated and that contact tracing had started.The two were among 864 results that came back to health officials yesterday.The news meant that the island has recorded a total of 180 coronavirus cases.There

A soldier left fighting for his life after he was hit by a car on Covid-19 checkpoint duty is to return home tomorrow after months of surgery and treatment in a US hospital.Private Ndavyah Williams, 26, who was injured three months ago, said he was looking forward to coming home – and to battling back to full fitness so he can resume his role in the Royal Bermuda Regiment.Private Williams said: “I should be home on Saturday – weather permitting. I’m looking towards a full recovery, but I st

Bermuda is expected to escape the worst of Hurricane Teddy, but could still endure a prolonged period of Tropical Storm-force winds.Mark Guishard, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service, said the storm’s closes point of approach is expected to be at 2am on Monday, with the storm passing about 137 miles to the island’s east as a Category 2 hurricane.Dr Guishard said: “Tropical storm force winds extend out to 230 miles from the centre of Hurricane Teddy at the moment and hurricane force

Bermuda will have to pay up to $16 million in October to cover lost airport revenues as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Progressive Labour Party claimed today.The PLP said it would be the second payment to satisfy the minimum revenue guarantee present in the airport deal.In August, the Bermuda Government transferred $5.77 million to a bank in New York set up by Aecon, the Canadian-based contractor, and Skyport, the airport’s operating company, to satisfy the guarantee present

The Governor of Bermuda’s next post will be in the British Virgin Islands, it was announced this week. John Rankin is to succeed Augustus Jaspert in the overseas territory in the new year.A statement on the BVI government’s website said: “This will allow time for him to settle ahead of the key priorities that the territory expects to face in 2021.”Mr Rankin added: “I am very pleased to have been appointed as Governor of the Virgin Islands and I look forward to working in partnership

Firefighters rushed to LF Wade International Airport this afternoon after a report of smoke in a plane.A spokesman for the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service said it received a call shortly after 1.30pm about smoke in the cabin of an aircraft 10 miles from the island.The spokesman said: “The BFRS responded with ten appliances from Clearwater Station, Hamilton Station and a total of 17 firefighters.”On arrival fire crews saw a Lear Jet with three persons on-board. Two firefighters wearin

Building from the success of the previous version of his Reef Life app, Ron Lucas’ latest update for the free android version of the app features images in high definition, a new section on corals, a few additional or replacement photos and a new scrolling Reef Identification feature to assist users to quickly identify fishes, corals etc.The publishers of the app are the Bermuda Zoological Society and the Atlantic Conservation Partnership, the not for profit organizations that support the Bermuda