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Jahquan Smith-DeShields is playfully known as “the future” by his colleagues at the Hamilton docks. At 22, the junior mechanic is a fresh face in a tough business, where virtually all of the island’s essentials come to shore. Stevedoring Services Ltd...

The Progressive Labour Party celebrates its 54th annual founders’ day this Sunday, paying tribute to the party’s originators. Christopher Famous, PLP MP for Devonshire East, is to be this year’s keynote speaker. The event, which includes a lunch and ...

A member of staff at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel was treated overnight for minor injuries, according to a Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman. Fire and ambulance personnel were called at about 4.40am with reports of a person with “burns ab...

Legislators will return to Parliament today with a single item up for debate. MPs will discuss a special development order for homes at the Rosewood Tucker’s Point resort, which was tabled last December by Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs. ...

A legal challenge to a law designed to outlaw same-sex marriage could be fought in the Supreme Court. Lawyer Mark Pettingill said his firm had been approached by a number of people and that he had been “instructed at this stage to pursue the potentia...

Bermuda’s controversial repeal of same-sex marriage captured global headlines yesterday. Most overseas media highlighted the country as the world’s first to reverse same-sex marriage. The decision also sparked an urgent question in the House of Commo...

Same-sex marriage in Bermuda was outlawed yesterday after the Governor gave Royal Assent to an Act designed to replace it with civil partnerships. John Rankin signed the legislation 61 days after it was backed in the House of Assembly and 56 days in ...

The British Airways flight to London tomorrow night will take off later than usual. A spokeswoman for the airline said the flight will leave at 11.20pm instead of the usual time of just before 8pm. She added the flight had been “retimed for aircraft ...

A golf club that removed the colour bar in the sport has been honoured by the Governor. John Rankin presented the Ocean View Golf Club with the memoirs of former governor Sir Julian Gascoigne, who presented the club with the Governor’s Cup in 1964 to...

A have-a-go crew of sailors is to help tackle Bermuda’s build-up of derelict boats one wreck at a time. The news came as the Government delivered an ultimatum yesterday to the owners of 17 abandoned boats scattered around the island. Officials warned...