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Six police sergeants have been promoted to inspector by Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley. Dennis Astwood, Karema Flood, Darren Glasford, Shakisha Minors, Ronald Taylor and Kenten Trott were welcomed to their new posts at a ceremony in front ...

Extra legislation to protect the independence of human rights commissioners is needed, it was claimed yesterday. Tawana Tannock, the outgoing chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said the organisation was not linked to a government department b...

A container ship bound for Mexico is expected to be met off the coast of Bermuda tonight after a crew member suffered a suspected broken ankle. The Polar Mexico was travelling from Bremerhaven, Germany, to the port city of Altamira when the 46-year-o...

A woman died after a house fire yesterday, police confirmed last night. The 74-year-old victim was rushed to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after she was found unconscious, but later pronounced dead. Sergeant Allan Wilkinson of the Bermuda Fir...

A teenage girl who died suddenly this week has had an online fundraising page set up in her memory by a cousin who lives overseas. Kiara Paiva, who was 15, was found unconscious in her Hamilton Parish home on Monday and later pronounced dead by docto...

A digitised national identity scheme planned for Bermuda could be used by millions of people worldwide, a leader of the project said yesterday. Bruce Silcoff, the chief executive of blockchain technology firm Shyft, said three jurisdictions were keep...

Bermuda will become a global hub for new digital industries, a blockchain pioneer predicted yesterday. Bruce Silcoff, the chief executive of Shyft, said yesterday the island could be a leader in a “fourth industrial revolution”. Shyft signed a memora...

Tough new European Union rules designed to combat tax avoidance can be turned to Bermuda’s advantage, a top manager at professional services firm KPMG said yesterday. Will McCallum, a KPMG managing director, said turmoil caused by the Economic Substa...

Te Government spent more than $135,000 on specialists to help navigate the European Union’s demands for economic substance rules and Brexit-related matters. Legal and advisory firm Steptoe, which has offices in Brussels, London and Washington, was hi...

An unused office in Washington cost the Government of Bermuda more than $175,000 for only ten months last year. Liberty Place, on the United States capital’s 7th Street, was maintained even though it was closed in 2017. A spokeswoman said the Governm...