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MPs donated their DNA to help medical science. Carika Weldon, a Bermudian scientist at Oxford University in Britain, was at the House of Assembly last Friday to collect DNA samples as part of a study into genetic factors that led to diabetes. The pro...

A clerk from the British Parliament, who spent two weeks on the island working with Bermuda’s Public Accounts Committee, returned to the UK on Saturday. Stephen McGinness, a Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, visited to help the Bermuda committee wi...

The Mayor of St George said last night she was “saddened and disappointed” by proposals to axe the two local authorities on the island. Now, Quinell Francis has asked residents and business owners in the St George’s area to attend a special town hall...

The island’s gambling watchdog said yesterday it was ordered by the Government to find its own funds. The news came as the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission presented its annual reports from September 2015 to the end of March 2017 to the House of Asse...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly marked 30 years as an MP yesterday. Dennis Lister, the Progressive Labour Party’s longest-serving MP, celebrated the anniversary on February 9. He told MPs on the first sitting of the new parliamentary session tha...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday blocked a statement on payments to pepper-sprayed protesters who forced a postponement of a House of Assembly meeting. Dennis Lister told Wayne Caines, the national security minister, to postpone his sta...

A grieving mother implored young people to reject violence on the anniversary of a fatal attack on her son in a park in an English city. Lyrico Steede, 17, died in hospital five days after he was stabbed on February 13 last year by a group of teenage...

A clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly will be discussed by the national security minister today. Wayne Caines will talk about the aftermath of the December 2016 events in the wake of revelations that his ministry had mad...

A morning downpour and a chilly day made perfect conditions for a flock of geese to set out for a stroll yesterday. The birds caught the eye of a photographer for The Royal Gazette at a home off Middle Road in Devonshire. The Bermuda Weather Service ...

Proposals to abolish the Corporation of Hamilton and St George or turn them into quangos could come into force before local elections in May, the Mayor of Hamilton said this week. Charles Gosling learnt of the proposals only in a Monday meeting with ...