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A massive cargo ship was forced to divert to Bermuda at the weekend after a crewman complained of stomach problems. The Panamanian-registered Newseas Jade, en route from Russia to Port Manatee in Florida, dropped off a 32-year-old Chinese sailor on S...

An historian and writer is the new director of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs. Kim Dismont-Robinson, who was folklife officer in the department for 15 years, will oversee programmes and events designed to promote and celebrate Bermu...

A proposed restriction on cannabis cultivation sites to outside a half-mile exclusion zone around churches and schools may be dropped, the Government signalled tonight. The announcement came after officials launched an online public consultation on d...

The Bermuda Employers’ Council has backed the new labour minister’s plans to include employers and workers in discussions to kick-start the economy. Keith Jensen, the president of the BEC, said: “This is the foundation of the tripartite system for co...

Power firm Belco has apologised after soot from its plant landed on nearby homes. A Belco spokesman said: “We would like to sincerely apologise for this incident and undertake to quickly do everything we can to mitigate the impact to the surrounding ...

Bermuda has reported no new positive cases of Covid-19. The Ministry of Health said on Saturday that all 232 test results received were negative, meaning that the island’s total of confirmed cases is still 146. Five cases remain active, including one...

A woman who was severely injured in a machete attack outside a home in Warwick has been moved to a general ward at hospital. A press release from the Bermuda Police Service follows: The Bermuda Police Service can now confirm that the 32-year-old moth...

A high school was ransacked during a break-in last week. CedarBridge Academy in Devonshire had the shelves in their greenhouse disassembled and stolen for lumber on Friday. A post made on the school’s Facebook page said that the shelves were a joint ...

Visitors will have to foot the bill for their Covid-19 tests, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt said in a tweet: “Rest assured, visitors will pay a fee for their testing.” Mr Burt went online after Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, spoke about...

Community and members’ clubs will be allowed to reopen - but with strict Covid-19 precautions, the Premier said today. David Burt explained the clubs would be able to operate on the same basis as bars, with outdoor service if they held a liquor licen...