Royal Gazette

When Terry Cordon-Norsworthy had a stroke last year, his life changed dramatically.
The 60-year-old IT manager, who was left paralysed down his left side, was confined to a wheelchair and had to retir…

A raft of government summer programmes have been put in place to help students make up for lost school hours owing to classroom disruption caused by Covid-19.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education…

Charities have been accused of “approaching their work backwards” – by finding a solution, and then looking for a problem to solve, a study has claimed.
The report warned: “Too many third sector self…

A luxury superyacht has docked in St George for an extended visit.

Jamaica Bay, built in 2010 by German company Nobiskrug, arrived on May 27 from Palm Beach, Florida, and is scheduled to leave on …

Plans for a luxury 52-unit condominium building in Hamilton are back on the table – 12 years after it was first proposed.
Gilbert Lopes, a developer and owner of GL Construction, said he was gauging i…

A date has been fixed to hear a legal challenge that claims strict curfew laws are unconstitutional and denied people a “reasonable excuse” defence.
Marc Daniels, the defence lawyer for Kinte Smith, c…

A 33-year-old man was in critical condition in hospital tonight after the car he was a passenger in overturned on the National Heroes Day weekend.
Police said the man was in intensive care at the King…

There were two new coronavirus results recorded today, the health ministry said tonight.
The positives were among 5,913 test results that came back to health officials – a positivity rate of 0.03 per …

A man has been charged with the theft of $2,845 worth of goods over a six-week period.
Harrison Gibbons, 53, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to stealing $20 worth of food from Shelly Bay MarketPl…

Trench work is to cause traffic delays in two parishes, the public works ministry has announced.
Belco and the Bermuda Land Development Company will start work on Mullet Bay Road from Echo Lane to Tig…

A broken water main has cut supplies to customers, the Government announced today.
The fracture, on Middle Road, near Mosquito Hill, Smith’s, has interrupted the water to customers east of the Middle …

Young ocean lovers can take part in a “fun and engaging” programmes at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute at the weekend.
The children’ Hour series, aimed at children aged from 5 to 12, will…

Additional pension withdrawals for people who have faced financial hardship because of the Covid-19 crisis were approved by MPs yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the National …

A tribunal established to hear objections to the Bermuda Plan 2018 said changes must be made to address concerns about arbitrary decisions.
The Bermuda Plan 2018, which details planning policies and z…

A star tennis player will spend the summer at a top sports academy after he was awarded am almost $4,000 Government grant.
Antonio Warner, 14, said he was “really excited” at the prospect of honing hi…

A teenager who led police on a high-speed chase was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined $1,000 on Friday after he admitted drink driving.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police parked near th…

A man who almost hit with a police car while out past the curfew on New Year’s Day was yesterday fined $1,500.
Darico Clarke, 29, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the earlier 11pm t…

A man was rushed to hospital tonight with head injuries after his motorbike was in collision with two cars.
A police spokesman said it appeared the auxiliary cycle was headed west on a series of bends…

The Opposition has slammed a Government decision to introduce mandatory hotel quarantines without a debate in Parliament.
The One Bermuda Alliance also alleged that late changes to the law – which und…

A restaurant owner with 31 years’ experience in the industry predicted it would take several years to regain ground lost in the Covid-19 crisis.
Maz Shabdeen, who was forced to close his Dockyard rest…

A star tennis player will spend the summer at a top sports academy after he was awarded am almost $4,000 Government grant.
Antonio Warner, 14, said he was “really excited” at the prospect of honing hi…

The unemployment rate in Bermuda has almost doubled, the Minister of Labour told MPs last Friday.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister told Jarion Richardson, the shadow minister, that the most recent …

Strict new quarantine rules that came into force were today outlined by the national security ministry.
All non-immunised travellers will be put in a 14-day mandatory quarantine at an authorised hotel…

Bermudians have been unable to board flights to the island because of problems with Covid-19 travel authorisation, the Government said today.
A Government spokeswoman said that “no Bermudian will be …

A virtual open house at the University of the West Indies with a chance to win one of four $2,500 tuition awards is to be held next Thursday.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said the session wo…

A car crash has reduced a section of North Shore Road to one lane, police said this afternoon.
The accident, in the Shelly Bay Field, area, forced the closure of one lane.
A police spokeswoman said th…

Campaigners against the closure of a primary school said they would fight to the end to prevent the historic institution as they staged a car rally today.
About 100 people gathered at the field at Wes…

The winners of a Father’s Day essay competition for schools were today announced.
The competition, open to Primary 5 and 6 pupils in public schools, asked children why their father should be “father o…

A spike in attempted home invasions and robberies by known gang members has been logged in the last four months, the Minister of National Security said yesterday.
But Renee Ming said the Gang Violence…

The Bermuda Industrial Union has yet to decide if it will take further industrial action over a long-running dispute with Government.
Unionised staff began working to rule last Friday in protest at ne…

A fresh attack on controversial plans to enforce unvaccinated arrivals to quarantine in hotels at their own expense was mounted yesterday – from the Government side of the House of Assembly.
Progressi…

A historic buildings charity clashed with the Government yesterday after it was confirmed a historic Hamilton house would be demolished.
A Bermuda National Trust spokeswoman said the Bermuda Housing C…

Further amendments to the island’s economic substance regime were approved yesterday as the island worked to avoid a return to the EU’s blacklist.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the E…

The Minister of Education will be able to hand pick the deputy chairman of the Board of Education if a proposed law is approved by the House of Assembly.
Diallo Rabain tabled the Education Amendment (…

A patio has been built at a beach to honour a late stalwart of the Bermuda Industrial Union and former senator.
The LaVerne Furbert memorial patio, built on Shelly Bay Beach in Hamilton Parish, was un…

Artworks by two young artists have been added to the Bermuda National Gallery’s permanent collection.
Gherdai Hassell’s mixed media pieces, Atlas of Afterimage and Points on the Circle and Jayde Gibb…

The number of groups exempted from supervised quarantine rules has been slashed, it was revealed tonight.
A Government spokeswoman said that the seven exempted categories for non-vaccinated arrivals h…

The island’s World Health Organisation Covid-19 status has been upgraded to “sporadic cases” after no new coronavirus cases were recorded today.
Health officials got back 1,713 test results and all we…

The City of Hamilton today announced garbage collection changes for the holiday weekend.
A spokeswoman man said there would be:
• No residential trash collection or pick-up of kitchen oils until next …

Water safety watchdogs today highlighted rules to avoid dangers at sea over the holiday weekend.
Michael Weeks, the chairman of the Water Safety Council, said most Covid-19 restrictions would be lifte…

The death rate on the island in 2020 hit its highest levels for at least 20 years, the home affairs minister said today.
Walter Roban said the number of deaths rose by 31, or 5.8 per cent, to 566 last…

The Bermuda Industrial Union today put pressure on the Government to change its policy requiring unvaccinated people returning to the Island to undertake a mandatory two week quarantine.
And the Union…

There has been a spike in attempted home invasions and robberies allegedly by known gang members in the last four months, the Minister of National Security said today.
Renee Ming was giving an update …

Police will be out checking for Covid regulation breaches over the holiday weekend – as well as conducting speed and sobriety checks.
Martin Weekes, Assistant Commissioner of Police said: “As part of …

Government is to press ahead and demolish Wantley, the Minister of Public Works said this morning.

In a statement to the House of Assembly, Lieutenant Colonel David Burch said although it was a se…

The One Bermuda Alliance this morning called on the Government to change its mind on preventing unvaccinated Bermudians who do not pay for the mandatory quarantine in a hotel returning to the island.
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Juneteenth is one of the oldest celebrations commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, a military decree was announced in Galveston, Texas, informing enslaved people in …

Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda’s Regiment’s Coastguard will be out on the water in force over the holiday weekend.
Captain Jeff Patterson, the officer commanding the RBR Coastguard, said full-time me…