Royal Gazette

People looking to put on functions for more than 100 guests are being asked not to submit applications until next Monday, June 28.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport, which has…

David Burt, the Premier and tourism minister, presented cruise ship captain Terje Hvidsten with a cedar plaque at a welcoming ceremony yesterday.
Captain Hvidsten is currently on the island with the …

Belco said today that it is working with members of the community in the wake of a “fallout of soot” from the north power station.
A Belco spokesman said the energy provider’s occupational health saf…

Bermuda will be placed on the UK’s green travel list at the end of this month, the British Government confirmed today.
The change in status, which comes into effect on Wednesday, June 30, means that t…

Children left behind as a result of gun and gang violence will share their stories as part of an upcoming event aimed at giving hope to Bermuda.

Gina Spence Productions is hosting the virtual fun…

Road works to advance the solar farm at LF Wade International Airport will impact traffic on Kindley Field Road from next week.
The Ministry of Public Works said that Saturn Solar Development, the dev…

Harbour Nights is coming back after being cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce said the popular Wednesday night event will resume on July 14 and will run …

The Bermuda Road Safety Council has called on event organisers have a plan to ensure guests can return safely as the summer season ramps up.
A spokesman for the body said transportation plans that inc…

Travelling residents are still being blocked from boarding flights to Bermuda because travel regulations listed on Government’s website have not been updated, it has been revealed.
Last Friday, Govern…

The island’s top magistrate yesterday said that Covid regulations are ‘criminalising people who are otherwise not criminals’.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Magistrates’ Court that many breaches o…

A union leader is calling for tougher penalties for “unscrupulous employers” who try to weaken union representation.
Armell Thomas, the president of the the Bermuda Public Service Union, said membersh…

A 36-year-old man on trial for sexually assaulting a woman said yesterday the alleged attack never took place.
Crown counsel Javone Rogers told Magistrates’ Court that on May 6, 2018 the man yanked th…

Jurors involved in a murder trial are all to be questioned about their deliberations in the case, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday.
Cleveland Rogers and Katrina Burgess were both jailed for the mur…

Bermudians feel that their “human rights and constitutional rights are being trampled upon” by “onerous” quarantine rules.
And greater debate is needed over Government’s Covid-19 regulations in order …

The deadline for young people to sign up for a volunteer programme at the Government’s Covid-19 testing laboratory is fast approaching, a spokeswoman said today.
The Molecular Diagnostics Lab will acc…

The TCD facility at Southside is closed today and will not reopen until 8.30am tomorrow.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The public is advised that TCD’s Southside testing facility is closed today – J…

A 56-year-old man shot multiple times a week ago has been moved out of intensive care, police said today.
The shooting happened at about 7.30pm at Darrell’s Wharf in Warwick on Wednesday, June 16, whe…

An independent senator today joined calls to save a historic building earmarked for demolition.
Michelle Simmons, vice president of the Senate, said Wantley, located on Princess Street, was a window i…

The Saltus Class of 2021 started a new chapter in their lives last week after they celebrated their high school graduation.
The 44 youngsters met at the school’s Pembroke campus on Thursday for a cere…

The Premier was last night accused of a failure to take responsibility for an about-turn on Covid-19 safety regulations that has caused confusion for Bermudians trying to get home.
The One Bermuda All…

Doctors were forced to cancel hundreds of non-emergency operations because of the recent spike in coronavirus cases.
Wesley Miller, the chief of staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said that electiv…

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…