Log In

A funeral will be held today for Grace Smith, a “matriarch” of St George’s known to many for her generosity. Ms Smith, who died on February 10 at the age of 98, “believed in charity more than anything else”, her daughter Rose Douglas recalled. “She t...

Sources within the One Bermuda Alliance fear that the party is on the brink of “political suicide” over its apparent disconnect with ordinary Bermudians. Longstanding frustrations after the party’s sizeable defeat in the Devonshire North Central by-e...

A helicopter rescue in pitch darkness, hundreds of miles out in stormy seas, is not the way local doctor Michael Urdang expected to finish Valentine’s Day. Just married, Dr Urdang had been grateful for a couple of days off and the chance to spend the...

Economic benefits played no role on introducing civil unions for same-sex partners, according to Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister for Community, Cultural Affairs and Sports. At last night’s second town hall meeting on the topic, the minister ack...

Marriage equality activist Tony Brannon said his campaigning wore him down to the point of illness, but he recovered sufficiently to attend last night’s public meeting on civil unions. Securing same-sex marriage for Bermuda has been a priority cause ...

A new administrator starts today at the Summerhaven home for the physically disabled, with chairman John Powell hoping the appointment will settle longstanding complaints over the facility. “It was mutually agreed between the Government and ourselves...

Traffic is blocked on South Road in Devonshire after a collision between a car and a motorcycle. The accident, which reportedly left a male motorcyclist with unspecified injuries, happened at the junction with Tee Street. At about 7.50pm, fire and r...

Margaret Manders, the former principal of West End Primary known for forging a welcoming and close-knit atmosphere at the school, has died at the age of 90. Mrs Manders, who served as headteacher from 1978 to 1989, was “highly respected by parents, t...

There was no flak incurred within the One Bermuda Alliance for Sylvan Richards’s apparent split from party ranks on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to the Junior Minister of Home Affairs. On the day after the OBA announced plans to bring c...

Summerhaven, the private residential home for the physically disabled, will register under the Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Act 1999, despite calls from some residents to have it classified as an independent-living facility. While it is n...