April 2: Premier Dr. Ewart Brown announced that one of the most luxurious hotel brands in the world was coming to Bermuda in a multimillion dollar project at the derelict Club Med resort.

Dr. Brown said the five-star luxury hotel operator Bazarian International had won the contract to carry out the scheme at the St. George's site. Five-star hotel operator St. Regis was understood to be the group poised to run the re-development.

April 3: Despite having spent part of the year in the Old Berkeley Institute building due to mould contamination at the school, CedarBridge Academy triumphed in the 2007 Schools Quiz with 230 points.

April 5: A news report out of Ireland claimed that many Bermuda international companies were considering plans to relocate the bulk of their businesses, leaving just satellite offices on the Island, because of concerns over work-permit time limits and the possibility that the Island may go independent.

An article put out by insurance industry consultants Advisen in April sourced from Irish business magazine group Moranna Ltd., said the six-year time limits, which became effective this week, could lead to a "corporate exodus from Bermuda" and that the Island's loss could be Dublin's gain.

April 7: Tony-nominated Brenda Braxton, who was starring on Broadway in "Chicago", was selected to direct and choreograph the Bermuda Gilbert & Sullivan Society production of "Dreamgirls". Ms Braxton was in the original Broadway cast of "Dreamgirls" and has directed a later production.

Jonny Roberts and wife Fiona Rodriguez Roberts opened a new European brasserie style restaurant on Front Street. Bolero Brasserie opened quietly on April 9, replacing Tuscany Restaurant on Bermuda House Lane.

April 14: Hundreds of Government workers including bus drivers, postal workers, park employees and others downed their tools to attend a four-hour union meeting on April 13.

The meeting was called after the Ministry of Works and Engineering allegedly walked out of negotiations with the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) over staffing issues for the new recycling plant.

After the initial meeting more than 400 workers marched through the streets of Hamilton and stopped outside the Department of Works & Engineering. They hoped to speak to the Minister, Dennis Lister, but he was not available.

Instead Permanent Secretary for Works and Engineering Dr. Derrick Binns came out and listened to the union's grievances. Soon afterwards the workers marched back to the union's headquarters for another meeting before returning to work in the afternoon.

April 16: A UBP education spokesman Neville Darrell stood down from the Shadow Cabinet but denied rumours his actions were based on dissatisfaction with the new leadership. Mr. Darrell, who planned to retire at the coming election, said he had been wanting to step down from the front bench since the previous summer to allow someone else to get experience in the role.

April 18: In April Premier Dr. Ewart Brown took on a plain-clothed police officer to guard him when he was out in public due to recent security scares. Dr. Brown agreed to the offer from the Police after news that a man who accosted him while allegedly in possession of a blade had a past conviction for causing bodily harm.

A reward up to $50,000 was posted to catch Jason Lightbourne's murderer. The 18-year-old was shot and killed in July 2006 while behind the wheel of a car on Ord Road in Paget. In the months since the crime Police have been vexed by uncooperative witnesses who have remained silent even though investigators suspect they know who pulled the trigger.

A local filmmaker a few weeks into a three-year documentary project about whales, was already making discoveries about the secret life of these mammals. Andrew Stevenson recently discovered that humpback whales were actually feeding in Bermuda waters, during their spring journey north from the Caribbean. Previously, it was thought that Bermuda waters were devoid of the krill that whales feed on.

April 19: Supplies of fresh foods were severely hit after vessels bringing produce to Bermuda suffered a series of break-downs and bad weather. Supermarkets on April 19 reported the worst delays in receiving fresh food for years, with some completely without chicken and desperately low on eggs, fruit and vegetables all week. The delivery from Bermuda Container Lines (BCL) was three days late on the Island with similar delays anticipated for the next week.

Dr. James King formally retired as director of the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd after a ten-year stint as chairman.

April 20: Somersfield Academy was pioneering a scheme to cut traffic from the West End to Hamilton by having its own government-provided bus.

April 26: Government Chief Whip Ottiwell Simmons announced he would stand down from Parliament at the next general election. Mr. Simmons served Pembroke East for more than 30 years.