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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 “...

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 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...

A prominent gay rights activist predicted yesterday that Bermuda would face a backlash after the Government revealed plans to end same-sex marriage and adopt a watered-down “domestic partnerships” initiative. Celebrations planned for Friday, marking ...

Dilton Lightbourne, a businessman, musician and member of the Progressive Labour Party, has died. He was 81. A former PLP chairman for Warwick, Mr Lightbourne for many years operated Lightbourne Brothers Hardware, a family store in Southampton, as we...

Michael Lee Chin, a Jamaican entrepreneur who has risen to become one of Canada’s wealthiest businessmen, is to address the Progressive Labour Party’s gala on November 18. Mr Lee Chin, the president and chairman of Portland Holdings, is “widely regar...