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A former chief inspector in the Bermuda Police Service dubbed a “legend” by colleagues has died. Gerald James, known as Gerry, was 87. Mr James joined what was then the Bermuda Police Force in 1960 and served in roles including Pembroke Parish Consta...

The Bermuda Police Association has accused the Government of “ill feelings” in its employment negotiations. In a statement sent out this evening, Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the BPA, said the Government’s refusal to honour a partial agr...

Generous donors for 16 percussion students to learn Afro-Cuban percussion were thanked at an awards ceremony on Friday. Music professor Eddie Ming, who teaches drumming from the Rhythm Lab in St George’s, presented certificates to the youngsters. Age...

A historian has sounded a warning over a bid to rename Somers Day, the second day of Cup Match, after Mary Prince, a former slave and abolitionist. Somers Day, to be marked on Friday, was established to commemorate Admiral George Somers, who ran agro...

A Bermudian researcher said she was stunned to discover one of her own ancestors as she worked on the history of slavery on the island. LeYoni Junos, the author of ground-breaking research on the ex-slave and abolitionist author Mary Prince, said she...

The island’s parks and beaches opened yesterday for camping for the Cup Match holiday and weekend. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said campers and picnickers were welcome to set up and that camping would be allowed unti...

New information on the life of an ex-slave who became a major abolitionist figure has revealed the advantage of Bermudian researchers over those from overseas, an island academic claimed yesterday. LeYoni Junos said that her work on island-born Mary ...

Landmarks from the life of Mary Prince, a Bermudian ex-slave who became an icon of the abolitionist movement, were explored last night in a lecture by a Canadian historian dedicated to researching her life. Margot Maddison-MacFadyen is also starting ...

More than 20 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers will team up with police to keep the annual Cup Match holiday safe. The soldiers, all Special Constables, will work on land at hosts St George’s Cricket Club and at sea over the four-day holiday weekend wh...

Nearly $5 million has been spent on investigations into Ewart Brown, a former premier. The figures were revealed in the House of Assembly by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, in response to questions from Derrick Burgess, the Deputy Sp...