Royal Gazette

Preserving histories of schools facing closure under public education reforms is to go ahead with the selection of members for a history and legacy committee.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, up…

Traffic calming measures have made a notorious accident black spot safer, it has been claimed.
Rumble strips placed on the approach to the junction of Zuill’s Park Road and South Shore Road in Smith’s…

Live coverage of the Bermuda Day Parade which will be carried on CITV starting at 1.15 p.m. tomorrow.
Hosts Heather Whalen, Gavin Smith and guest host Beverley Howell will deliver live colour, comment…

A Bermuda Day message from the Queen was issued this afternoon by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, as the island readies for its national day of celebration.
“As you celebrate the important occasion of your…

A 62-year-old male visitor from the US sustained potentially serious leg injuries yesterday in a crash involving a rental scooter and a van on South Road in Hamilton Parish, a police spokesman said.
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Roads throughout Hamilton and around the island will be affected by Bermuda Day events tomorrow, the Ministry of Public Works advised. Attached under Related Media are full details of road closures.
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A holiday bus schedule comes into effect for Bermuda Day tomorrow.
The Department of Public Transportation warned of minor delays for those travelling by bus, because of diversions associated with the…

A man who admitted “arson by hire” and potentially faces years behind bars pleaded in court yesterday not to be jailed for his parents’ sake.
Calvin Trott, 51, of Smith’s, pleaded guilty in March to a…

The oldest active Gombey troupe on the island is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year and plans to mark it with an electrifying performance at the Bermuda Day Parade tomorrow.
Place’s Gombeys, …

Another person has died from Covid-19 in the past week, bringing the total number of fatalities from the virus to 138.
In a statement tonight, Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, extended her condolen…

Baroness Sharples, the widow of assassinated Bermuda Governor Sir Richard Sharples who sat in the House of Lords for the Conservative party politician, has died at 99.
A lengthy tribute in The Telegra…

The national security minister today made a heartfelt plea to keep violence out of the Bermuda Holiday Weekend.
Michael Weeks appealed to those “caught in the vicious cycle of retaliation and violence…

An LGBTQ campaign group has named its first executive director.
Tiffany Paynter started in the role at OutBermuda this week.
The charity said: “A social entrepreneur and longtime advocate for the loca…

Traffic was temporarily divered from South Road in Hamilton Parish after a man suffered a “potentially serious” leg injury in a collision this afternoon.
The collision happened near Hexham Drive at ab…

A 26-year-old man was today sentenced to spend 15 years behind bars for the “execution-style” shooting of a man he described in court as a little brother.
Daquan “Smokey” Williams pleaded guilty in th…

A 10-year-old boy was taken to hospital this afternoon after being struck by a car in Pembroke.
A police spokeswoman said the accident happened at about 3.30pm on Marsh Folly Road near the junction wi…

Entertainers and vendors will come together for the return of the island’s longest-running street festival next week.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said Harbour Nights will be on Front Street from 7…

The highly controversial Travel Authorisation (TA) form will stay in place even if all other emergency Covid measures are dropped because the Government needs the money it generates, a senator has sai…

A flight from Ghana to the US had to divert to Bermuda on Monday after a passenger died on-board.
The United Airlines 997 flight left Accra late on Sunday night, bound for Washington’s Dulles Airport….

Trash collection will be a day later for residents whose waste is usually picked up on a Friday, to accommodate the Bermuda Day holiday.
The Ministry of Public Works said that the collection will be m…

No cases of monkeypox have been reported in Bermuda despite outbreaks in other countries, the Ministry of Health said today.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, added that officials were ready to recogni…

A teenaged man yesterday appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face charges in connection with a daytime firearms incident at Divots Bar and Grill in Warwick earlier this month.
Josiah King, 18, was charg…

The Bermuda Police Service has temporarily closed its Criminal Records/Vetting Office for public inquiries.
A spokeswoman said the office is expected to resume normal operations tomorrow.
She added: “…