Royal Gazette

Punishing heat came today with a particularly long queue for travellers outside the coronavirus testing clinic in Hamilton.
The line of hundreds leading to the Perot Post Office on Queen Street wound…

Nadine Dillas looked out with visible pride at the crowds enjoying the music and browsing outdoor stalls at today’s Court Street Festival.
“We have made it happen,” said the member of the group Empo…

Members of the all-female Coral Beats percussion group entertained passersby in Hamilton yesterday as they brought the Creatives Live! series to an end.
Coral Beats is an all-women Brazilian samba/reg…

A memorial service to those lost at sea was held in St. George’s yesterday.
The annual memorial service for the Guild of the Holy Compassion took place at the seamen’s plot in St. George’s Cemetery.
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Government has set up a mobile vaccination centre this morning at the Washington Mall for those seeking to be immunised from the Covid-19 virus.
Medics will be stationed behind Gibbons Home Store and …

Campaigners opposed to Covid-19 public safety measures will be holding a protest on the grounds of the Cabinet office this evening.
Describing the event as a “worldwide rally for freedom”, pressure gr…

Bermuda has a golden opportunity to show the world that despite many challenges, including overcoming the coronavirus pandemic, pulling together for the good of the country is far more important than …

Parents need more information quickly from government so they can make informed and timely decisions following the formal announcement that eight primary schools will be closed, a Parent Teacher Assoc…

Bermuda’s public health emergency has been rolled forward to the end of September after MPs yesterday approved a fourth extension order allowing a wide range of restrictions in the event of a resurgen…

Bermuda has recorded another three cases of the Covid-19 virus, according to test results released by the department of health tonight.
The results came from a batch of 6,535 tests conducted on Monday…

Industrial action taken over a lack of working trash trucks could see waste collection halted next week, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union warned.
Chris Furbert said today that the Ministr…

Police are looking into complaints of unwelcome behaviour at one of the island’s top beaches.
A spokesman said police knew of “concern being expressed on social media about individuals allegedly bein…

The Cup Match Classic, set to go ahead after being cancelled last year, will be the first with Mary Prince Day to coincide with the cricket.
Rolfe Commissiong, the former Progressive Labour Party MP w…

Air Canada will resume direct flights to Bermuda on August 6, according to a Canadian travel website.
TravelWeek reported today that Air Canada service between Toronto and Bermuda would restart with…

Police are on the look out for a man who repeatedly stabbed a 56-year-old motorist in a fight following two collisions yesterday.
A police spokesman said officers went to King Edward VII Memorial Hosp…

A man has been arrested in connection with a burglary after a foot chase by police.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service said: “Shortly before 1pm on Thursday, police attended a report of a burg…

A review of the island’s litigation guardian system – to represent children in court – has begun in collaboration with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Dev…

A Historical Legacy Committee is to be formed to share the history of schools that provided Black children with educational opportunities during racial segregation.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Educ…

A legal challenge to mandatory quarantine rules has been thrown out by the Chief Justice Narinder Hargun.
In his ruling today Mr Justice Hargun said: “Having regard to the findings made by the Court i…

Skyport was paid almost $7.6 million this week as part of the latest payout over the airport’s minimum revenue guarantee.
Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said the Bermuda Airport Authority …

Urgent action is needed to refurbish ageing equipment at Tynes Bay, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
Diallo Rabain, speaking on behalf of the Minister of Public Works, said: “Many of you may …

On Monday Flora Duffy will fly the flag for Bermuda as she goes for gold in the triathlon at the Tokyo Olympics.
And we want to make sure that Flora knows that the whole of Bermuda is behind her and w…

Government says a company hired to claw back millions of dollars of unpaid land tax is not a debt collector and is therefore exempted from regulatory legislation.
Oarrs Inc, which is not licensed as a…

Historians and a Government Ministry have urged the Ocean View Golf Course to reconsider plans to demolish a historic building where, as a slave, Mary Prince was prepared for sale.
According to a plan…

Opposition MP Craig Cannonier is calling on Government to provide details of the controversial $3.2 million contract to install solar panels at the National Sports Centre.
The contract was finally awa…

Legislation to formally extend the Covid-19 public health emergency to the end of September is expected to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Extension (…

Road sobriety checkpoints will be in place from today through the Cup Match weekend across seven parishes, police announced.
Checkpoints will cover Hamilton Parish, Smith’s, Devonshire, Pembroke, Pag…

A man who punched an elderly person leaving him unconscious and needing overseas treatment yesterday admitted a charge of wounding a senior with intent to disable him.
The Supreme Court heard Alvin Le…

A community town hall meeting has been called to try and find ways to save West End Primary School from closure.
Within hours of Government’s announcement over primary school closures, a statement was…

Police tonight released this image of two people suspected of being behind a “brazen” daylight shooting at Darrell’s Wharf in Warwick that left a 56-year-old man with multiple injuries.
What police la…

Fourteen students have been put forward for hands-on education, community service and leadership training to become Bermuda’s future leaders.
The Future Leaders Summer Induction Programme will be guid…

The Minister of Education, Diallo Rabain, is tonight due to reveal which primary schools will close under an overhaul of the education system.
Last December, the Ministry of Education embarked on a fo…

The final Creatives Live! concert of the summer will take place on Saturday, the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport said today.
Passers-by around City Hall in Hamilton this weekend will be treated t…

A scavenger hunt organised by the City of Hamilton has been postponed over concerns about wet weather.
While the event was scheduled to take place tomorrow and Saturday, it will now run on August 13 a…

Visitation requirements at the hospital have been relaxed after a decline in active Covid-19 cases on the island.
Wesley Miller, the Bermuda Hospital’s Board’s chief of staff, said that the board was …

The newest recruits to the Royal Bermuda Regiment have successfully completed two weeks of tough training.
The rookie soldiers battled a range of challenges over Recruit Camp – and said they looked fo…

The public is being asked to be patient while the Ministry of Public Works joins forces with the Royal Bermuda Regiment and Belco to trim trees along South Shore Road in Warwick and Southampton.
A Gov…

The parents of a Bermudian teenager who took her own life at a US treatment centre have launched a lawsuit against the facility over her death.
Kirsta Simons, 17, had been sent to West Ridge Academy i…

Two policemen accused of “causing disaffection” among their colleagues have been told they will not be charged with a criminal offence.
Officers raided the homes of Sergeant Mark Monk and Pc Robert Bu…

Government’s short term economic stimulus plan will provide affordable homes as well as jobs, according to a Government Minister.
David Burch, the minister for public works said that $1.6 million was …

Education Minister Diallo Rabain will tonight announce the decision on which primary schools will close.
The announcement is due to be made at 8pm, when the Minister said he will address the public o…

A carnival atmosphere returned to Front Street yesterday evening with the first Harbour Nights festival in almost two years.
The road was closed off to traffic to allow merchants and food vendors to …

Constable James Eli, the Parish Constable for Devonshire, will be hosting a community clinic at Cedar Park from 12 noon until 2.30pm on Saturday, July 24.
Representatives from relevant agencies, like …

The Bermuda Hospitals Board is offering breast ultrasound for people with dense breast tissue in order to track down cancers in their early stages.
BHB provided the service to its first patients last …

A nursery school in Hamilton Parish was yesterday ordered to temporarily close after an incident earlier this week sparked an investigation.
The Little Blessings Nursery on North Shore Road near Shell…

Repairs to electric poles that were damaged during a traffic accident will cause delays on a main road for the rest of the day.
A Belco spokesman said that a tractor trailer travelling long Middle Roa…

An investigation has been launched at the Westgate Correctional Facility after the sudden death of an inmate.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of National Security confirmed the death early this afterno…