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A sea of supporters packed the grounds of City Hall to back the global celebration of International Women’s Day yesterday. Many wore purple to symbolise justice and gender equality, while others waved placards displaying #PressForProgress. About 300 ...

A 69-year-old carriage driver died last night after he suffered serious injuries in a crash. Howard Charles was rushed to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after the accident, but died of his injuries. The two horses pulling the carriage were put...

Any move to legalise cannabis must be examined with care, the Minister of Social Development and Sport has said. Michael Weeks said “great pains” must be taken as the island looks at the use of cannabis. Mr Weeks told The Royal Gazette: “If we are to...

An online row erupted after comedian and TV star Ellen DeGeneres launched a Twitter broadside against Bermuda. Ms DeGeneres who is married to a woman and has more than 77 million Twitter followers, attacked the island’s Domestic Partnerships Act. She...

The crucial role Africans played in the early days of Bermuda is to be explored tonight at Bermuda College. Bermudian historian Clarence Maxwell said people taken from Africa “helped define a lot of the foundation for what ended up happening later in...

Tourists are to get access to kidney dialysis in a private clinic. The treatment, once only available at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, is available at Bermuda Life Centre on Front Street. Lynette Thomas, a certified nephrologist who directed...

Hospital fees are to be adjusted in a move that will raise some costs and lower others, the health minister told the House of Assembly yesterday. Kim Wilson told MPs the changes will be “revenue-neutral to the hospital” and said the relative value me...

Alfred Augustus, a senior member of the family who own Augustus Funeral Home, has died at the age of 95. A former teacher and probation officer, Mr Augustus’s charitable roles included heading the Bermuda Special Olympics committee and serving as sec...

Herbert Tatem, who chronicled his war experiences in the memoir As You Were, has died at the age of 95 after suffering from dementia. He died in the Elder Home Care nursing residence, according to Carol Everson, a caseworker with the Bermuda Legion. ...

The Bermuda Government’s processing of insurance is to become more efficient, according to health minister Kim Wilson, with the approval of the Health Insurance Amendment Bill 2018. Ms Wilson told MPs that the legislation would “merge the Health Insu...