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The first day of advance polling in the General Election went ahead yesterday at four locations around the island. Tenia Woolridge, the Parliamentary Registrar, said that 1,538 votes were cast. She thanked voters who followed social-media posts or vi...

The island was “back up and running in record time” after Hurricane Paulette hit, the national security minister said yesterday. Renée Ming said the storm left more than 25,000 homes out of almost 36,000 Belco customers without power hours after Paul...

Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers were out on the roads yesterday as part of the recovery effort for Hurricane Paulette. The troops fanned out across the island to assess damage, clear roads, and ensure other emergency service and utility workers could...

Noon update: Close to 25,000 homes have lost power throughout the island, as Hurricane Paulette continues to strengthen into a strong Category 2 even as it moves slowly north from Bermuda after making landfall early this morning. Almost 23,000 people...

A woman with serious health problems was rushed to the hospital by firefighters. The woman, affected by a string of health complications, was treated by fire service EMTs and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital as no ambulances were available....

Residents were warned late yesterday to hunker down and ride out the storm, as Hurricane Paulette loomed to strike Bermuda shortly before sunrise. Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, advised hurricane winds were expected to last from 3am t...

The island’s armed service mobilised yesterday to meet the threat posed by what is expected to be Hurricane Paulette. More than 80 troops, including three Immediate Response Teams, have been called up from Sunday to bolster the response to the storm....

Bermuda gained 523 jobs from 2018 to 2019, to a figure of 34,378 working last year. The figures were among the 2020 employment briefs released on Tuesday by Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The briefs showed job figures climbing, y...

The Progressive Labour Party’s traditional grip on the West End could be under threat at the General Election on October 1, according to a source within the PLP. The freshly unveiled third party, the Free Democratic Movement, is led by former PLP lea...

It sprang as a new voice in Bermuda politics, including a group of six defectors from the United Bermuda Party. In November 2009, the Bermuda Democratic Alliance promised jaded voters “a better way”. In the end, it joined forces with UBP remnants as ...