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The six-month anniversary of a landmark case paving the way for same-sex marriage was marked with a full house on Friday night at the Earl Cameron Theatre. Entertainer Mark Anderson, performing as his female persona Sybil Barrington, introduced the “...

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force has reported difficulties for persons commenting on the proposed use of quad bikes on West End park land. The concept, which has been branded “troublesome” by BEST, has been opened to the public for...

A popular lecture on black Bermudian sailing history is to return this Thursday at the Blue Water Angler’s Club. The free talk on African Bermudian maritime life will be delivered by speakers Maxine Esdaille and Shirley Pearman. It came in the wake o...

The health insurance system needs drastic surgery to cut ballooning costs caused by obesity and chronic disease, fitness experts said yesterday. But arresting the trend will need a collaborative approach before people’s lifestyles make them sick, Ric...

A brief session is expected for today’s House of Assembly, with legislators to debate the Contributory Pensions Order. The island’s recent turmoil in the wake of the “Paradise Papers” of leaked electronic files will be addressed by David Burt, the Pr...

The 2017 America’s Cup often proved a hard sell with the Progressive Labour Party, which supported bringing the races to the island, but voiced scepticism on its benefits. The regatta had detractors within its own ranks: champion American sailor Denn...

A repeat drug offender challenged his record of previous convictions yesterday after he was caught in an increased penalty zone with cannabis, cocaine and drug equipment. Tamiko Wainwright, 41, of King Street, Pembroke, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’...

The trustees of a sprawling West End beauty spot yesterday slammed plans to bring quad bike tours to the Railway Trail. Kim Sheen, a real estate agent who manages the Heydon Trust in Somerset, said: “Absolutely not.” The proposal, now open for the pu...

The Bermuda National Trust objects “strongly” to the introduction of quad bike tours to the West End, according to a statement issued today. The proposal came under fire from area residents last month amid rumours that the all-terrain vehicles, or AT...

Conscription to the island’s defence force is to be abolished in the next few months, the Minister of National Security announced yesterday. Wayne Caines added that the end of compulsory service in the Royal Bermuda Regiment was “a critical step in t...