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Trinidadian Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, who died on Saturday, aged 85, was “a giant”, the island’s West Indian Association has said. Naipaul, whose books such as Miguel Street and A House for Mr Biswas are required reading in his homelan...

Barrett Lightbourn, an engineer and environmentalist who pioneered solar power and energy conservation in Bermuda, has died. He was 66. Friends and colleagues said Mr Lightbourn was a modest visionary who brought renewable power to the island decades...

A West End sea clean up carried out as penance by a man caught dumping trash bags in a bay was a success, an environmental charity said yesterday. Jonathan Hodgkins, 19, offered to lead a clean up of Mangrove Bay after he was caught on film throwing ...

A national disabled games could be held in Bermuda, sports minister Michael Weeks said on Friday. Mr Weeks told the House of Assembly that consultation aimed at helping disabled people get involved in sports should finish next month and that an actio...

Bermuda’s legislature has a revamped website which will help the public to ask MPs questions. Derrick Burgess, the Deputy Speaker of the House, told MPs about the upgrade on Friday. The site will include a “virtual tour” through the House and the hom...

The Bermuda Monetary Authority’s regulations have been updated to keep in line with the island’s budding fintech industry. The amendments were brought to the House of Assembly on Friday by Wayne Furbert, the Junior Minister of Finance. The authority’...

Fraudsters posing as communications representatives under the out-of-date company names Logic and Northrock have attempted to gain private customer information, according to One Communications. In a statement, the company asked for the public to “exe...

MPs were slapped down for behaving like a “classroom of schoolchildren” by the Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday. Dennis Lister Jr issued a stern warning after images of MPs asleep in the chamber circulated on social media. Mr Lister had “no...

Employment has risen, government revenues are up, spending is down and the deficit has been cut by 24 per cent, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt, also the finance minister, told the House of Assembly that “the facts totally disprove this tired ...

The “devastated” family of murder victim Taylor Grier, whose funeral will be held today, have appealed for public assistance to help cover the cost of bringing loved ones to join the celebration of his life. Mr Grier’s father, John Grier, who lives i...