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2021 marks 50 years since the National Cancer Act was signed into…

A lead singer who landed in hospital with a broken neck after a crash said yesterday doctors had dubbed him “a walking miracle” because of his fast recovery.
Jesse Seymour, who was 32 earlier this mon…

A women’s charity has rejected a $20,000 donation from a US fashion retailer because of controversy over a raft-up organised on a marketing trip to the island.
The Women’s Resource Centre was offered…

A Canadian businessman who moved to Bermuda as a digital nomad and donated half a million dollars to support island businesses and frontline workers said he did it to help the place he now calls home….

A Bermudian who joined the United States Marine Corps has stood down from active service after a stellar career of more than 21 years.
But Dathan Byrd, who retired with a doctorate in education and as…

Hollywood royalty Catherine Zeta-Jones felt “most at home” when she lived in Bermuda, she has revealed in a magazine interview.
The globe-trotting Welsh star, married to superstar actor Michael Dougl…

A man was fighting for his life tonight after he was shot several times in a daylight attack.
Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell said the victim was in a car at the dock at Darrell’s Wharf in Warwick and…

No new coronavirus cases were recorded today, the health ministry said tonight.
A total of 1,607 cases came back to health officials and all were clear.
There are five active cases, with one in hospit…

A total of six motorists appeared in Magistrates’ Court this week for traffic offences – with one accused of travelling at more than three times the speed limit.
A police spokesman said that a man, ag…

Fewer than 40 per cent of staff in long-term care centres have full immunisation against Covid-19, health ministry estimates have revealed.
The ministry, in response to a public access to information …

A sailing programme for youngsters has marked its sixth year of operation with more than 3,500 pupils trained in seamanship and life skills.
The Endeavour Middle School Programme charity was designed …

Government today came under fire for its decision to push ahead with mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated arrivals to the island – despite softening its position on the regulation.
The Government ann…

The Department of Social Insurance will be closed from tomorrow until next Tuesday for renovation work, the Ministry of Finance announced today.
The office, in the Government Administration Building o…

Health officials have updated a list of summer camps approved for “Covid-19 compliance”.
The Ministry of Health list had 29 camps on it yesterday and 51 today.
Public schools finish for the summer br…

The Viking Orion has cancelled a two-day visit to St George’s after a union work to rule meant a tender was not available to ferry passengers to shore.
The cruise ship had planned to visit the town …

Controversy Lane in Pembroke lived up to its name this week when a row broke out after a property boundary appeared to be moved by the Government.
Mike Corea, who lives next door to an area designated…

A party host was fined $4,000 yesterday after he admitted inviting guests to his home despite a Government’s stay at home order.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police went to a Paget house around 8.30p…

Passengers said yesterday they were happy to be guinea pigs for the cruise ship industry as it emerged from pandemic restrictions as they embarked on the Viking Orion.

The ship is one of the first to…

A fleet of hi-tech electric buses is expected to be up and running by next March. the transport minister said yesterday.
Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said that the first of 30 buses are …

The Premier has strongly denied claims that a controversial raft-up involving US high fashion firm Revolve and singer Shaggy was authorised by government.
David Burt said tonight that all raft-ups wer…

Government delivered more than 2,500 vaccines before the June 8 deadline without shots being wasted.
The last batch of Pfizer vaccines received by the island expire at the end of the month, which mean…

More than half of staff at the newly opened St Regis Bermuda Resort are Bermudian – and the number is expected to increase.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said today that it was expected that …

The Opposition has called for the Government to ditch overly strict regulations against Covid-19.
The One Bermuda Alliance said tourists were “hesitant to visit Bermuda” because of restrictions, parti…

Parents of three-year-olds will have to wait to register their children for a preschool programme, the Ministry of Education said today.
Registration for the Bright Start Programme, which was schedule…

Work by power firm Belco will cause traffic delays in the east of the island for the rest of the summer, the public works ministry said today.
Harrington Sound Road near Quarry Road in Hamilton Parish…

The Bermuda Zoological Society has held an online workshop for non-governmental organisations that showed how to gather statistics to measure the success of academic programmes.
A BZS spokeswoman said…

Hotel workers who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 will have to get tested for the coronavirus every seven days from next Tuesday, the Bermuda Hotel Association announced today.
The BHA said: “The …

Police are urging people who have been sent a video clip which shows a minor appearing to engage in drug activity to delete it and not to share it with others.
A police spokesman said it had been con…

The charity behind one of the island’s historic secondary schools has stepped in to help preserve a landmark house threatened with demolition.
The Berkeley Educational Society asked to be consulted be…

Royal Caribbean International scrapped plans to send cruise ships to Bermuda this summer because of the Government’s insistence that all passengers had to be vaccinated, it was revealed yesterday.
Law…

Families of seniors were yesterday warned to be on the lookout for signs of elder abuse after a total of 87 cases were reported in the 12 months up to March.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Deve…

A yearly work experience week kicks off today for Saltus graduate year one students.
It starts with a webinar hosted by Pauline Dawson, the manager of career education at Brock University in Ontario, …

Pride Bermuda is to join in the worldwide Pride Month for LGBT people.
The group said: “We will use this opportunity to reflect on the unwavering love we must have for ourselves and each other to thri…

An online summer course will offer pupils the chance to create a pandemic-themed film.
The virtual Steam – science, technology, engineering, arts and maths – Academy, run through the education departm…

The island is to get a fresh delivery of 4,680 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 from Britain, it was revealed tonight.
Government House said the consignment would arrive on June 24 on the British Airways …

The island is to get a fresh delivery of 4,680 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 from Britain, it was revealed tonight.
Government House said the consignment would arrive on June 24 on the British Airways …

The organisers of a controversial raft-up that involved US high fashion firm Revolve and guest influencers today claimed the Government and tourism authorities were aware of the event.
A statement fro…

A new video has been launched aimed at encouraging people to dine out and support restaurants and bars struggling to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The initiative is aimed at celebr…

Sweeping changes to labour law that came into effect on June 1 “did not change the legislation as it pertains to the cancellation of union certification”, the labour minister insisted today.
Jason Hay…

An insurance company has won a competition aimed at increasing blood donations on the island.
The Ministry of Health and Bermuda Hospitals Board today announced that Freisenbruch Meyer has won the 202…

Bus and ferry schedules are likely to be disrupted as a result of union action this week.
Members of the Bermuda Industrial Union are currently working to rule due to a dispute with Government over ne…

A Black Bermudian musician in Atlanta made headlines in the US after she publicised the struggles that social media influencers of colour faced.
Kaelyn Kastle, 24, appeared in The New York Times Prese…

The Government has stonewalled questions about why a senior social worker who admitted pushing a child in her care was allowed to remain at work while the incident was investigated – despite a policy …

It’s a side of Walter Roban that is a million years away from politics, yet he uses it to be informed about the environment. Reporter Sarah Lagan meets the Minister of Home Affairs as he tends to …

A calypso artist from an era when the upbeat Trinidadian music was the soundtrack of Bermuda tourism has died.
Reuben McCoy was 83.
Mr McCoy – nicknamed Lord Flea – was a popular calypso singer whose …

Work has started on a programme of improvements at Albuoy’s Point.
Undertaken by the City of Hamilton, there will be more seats and shade, spotlights for trees and improved pedestrian access.
In addit…

A raft-up highlighted on social media was broken up by the Bermuda Coastguard with participants potentially to appear before the courts.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said BPS were aware of video…

The first in a series of summer flights between Bermuda and the Azores was welcomed to LF Wade International Airport today.
The SATA Azores Airline flight from Ponta Delgada was greeted with a shower…

Government today again postponed the date for making unvaccinated travellers to Bermuda quarantine for two weeks at their own expense.
The measure was originally due to come into place on June 6 but w…

Cole Simons, the Opposition Leader, has today called on Government to lift Covid-19 restrictions to bolster the economy.
Mr Simons said the island is at a “fork in the road” and action must be taken …