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Top British broadcaster Moira Stuart paid tribute to veteran journalist Ira Philip for his passion for social justice yesterday. Ms Stuart, the granddaughter of Bermuda politician and trade unionist E.F. Gordon, issued a statement on behalf of her fa...

Six business people have been given a head start through a pilot support programme run by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation. Walter Roban, the Acting Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, said the Enterprise Bermuda Incubator Progr...

A halfway house for prisoners just released from jail should be reintroduced, the former head of the parole board said yesterday. Ashfield DeVent, who was replaced as parole board chairman at the end of 2017 after six years, said that more prisoners ...

Police were investigating reports yesterday that women have had their drinks spiked in bars. Now officers have appealed for public assistance after social-media postings suggested that “foreign substances” had been slipped into women’s drinks. A spok...

Journalist and writer Ira Philip, born in 1925, set out as a reporter in the 1940s in an era of rigid segregation. He covered Bermuda’s march to civil rights and democracy, along with daily life, right into a new century. But his first published work...

Ira Philip’s loyalty to labour dated back to his childhood memories of “rebels” such as American activist A. Philip Randolph. Mr Philip, a lifelong newsman, documented the struggles of Bermudian activists such as E.F. Gordon throughout his career. De...

Ira Philip, the former journalist, historian and Progressive Labour Party senator, has died, aged 92. Mr Philip became one of Bermuda’s most celebrated reporters and columnists during a career spanning seven decades and several news organisations. Bu...

An eyesore at the West End has been transformed into a centre for a classic Bermudian pursuit that has returned as a sport: pilot gigging. This Saturday, the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club will hold a regatta for spectators out of its new premises on Boaz Is...

An island-wide team of chaplains has mobilised to help families deal with tragedy. The 57 members of the Bermuda Chaplains Group also bring comfort to one another as they deal with their own losses. The chaplain’s group is set to grow and will have a...

A writing partnership between Bermuda College students and prisoners at Westgate yesterday unveiled its work. Shawnette Somner, an education officer at the prison was stunned at the display at the college’s library. Ms Somner said: “I’m speechless — ...