Log In

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...

A brown tinge in their water supply has left residents of Mary Victoria Road wondering what is coming out of their taps. “My water has been going like this for about a month, maybe longer,” said Kent Phillips, who has lived in the Devonshire neighbou...

Parliament opens for business today after the Christmas and New Year break, with three items of legislation coming from the Bermuda Government. The Medical Practitioners Act, the Electricity 2016 Act and the Banking Special Resolution Act 2016 are to...

Parliament has seen “watershed legislation” for the island’s energy sector with a new bill that will open up the electricity market, according to Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development. The Electricity Act 2016 will also “redefine the in...