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Only half-marks were awarded to the Throne Speech from seniors advocate Claudette Fleming. She said Government’s agenda for the coming year “embodied a status quo, conservative ideology with a great deal of emphasis on private sector business”. More ...

In a testament to the generosity of everyday people, a single primary school took in more than $10,000 over just two weeks to help Sandys 360. The West End community centre is still tallying the funds raised in Friday’s epic “swim-a-thon” — but Purvi...

With air passenger numbers flagging, the Bermuda Government had to pay out millions to airline companies to cover the cost of North American routes in 2011 and 2012. Canadian airline WestJet alone received more than $3.6 million in three separate pay...

Government’s vow to reopen the Medical Clinic drew whistles and applause from those present for the reading of the Throne Speech. But Age Concern director Claudette Fleming sounded a note of warning last night about “the potential of creating a two-t...

A winter storm battering the East Coast has caused travel chaos for thousands and left many Bermudians stranded at home and abroad. Some 3,500 flights in the US had been cancelled by yesterday evening, with another 1,200 predicted to be cancelled tod...

Emergency medical responders took too long to reach this week’s fatal industrial accident at Morgan’s Point, a worker from the site has charged. Three police cars arrived shortly after the accident but EMTs hadn’t shown 20 minutes later, the man clai...

The devastated widow of Millard Bean said her husband experienced a spiritual rebirth after her son’s road death last month. Lorrie Bennett-Bean was yesterday consoled by friends and family at the home she and her husband had lived in near Bailey’s B...

Feel-good local musicians DemBiez need no encouragement to start singing: so far in their short career they’ve serenaded traffic officers and the cats at the SPCA. The musical producers set up their company in December and have been spontaneously imp...

Police have named Millard Bean, 47, of Smith’s parish, as the man who was killed at Morgan’s Point after part of a roof collapsed on him yesterday. Mr Bean, who The Royal Gazette understands was an employee of Island Construction, was pronounced dead...

For Bishop-elect Nicholas Dill, the new job offers a chance to unite Bermuda’s Anglican Church, and prove its relevance to the Island’s youth. The months ahead before his official instalment as Anglican Bishop are also a last stint in his beloved sev...