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A change to allow short term residents to rent some vacation rental homes for longer periods has been approved by the House of Assembly. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the Rent Increases (Domestic Premises) Control Temporary Amendme...

A plan to set up solar panels on the roof of two Government buildings in Hamilton has been submitted to the Department of Planning. It is proposed to install a total of 588 panels on the roof of the Government Administration Building and the neighbou...

The National Museum of Bermuda has received a $2,000 boost from the Hamilton Princess as part of its recognition of celebrated historian Clarence Maxwell. The hotel honoured Dr Maxwell last month at its Black History Month dinner and pledged to donat...

The Ministry of Health is investigating a Covid-19 exposure at Paget Primary School, it was revealed last night. A spokeswoman for the Ministry said the person confirmed to have the virus has been isolated. She said: “The Epidemiology and Surveillanc...

A teenager jailed for a daylight robbery had his conviction and sentence quashed yesterday because of his age. OJ Campbell, 17, admitted that he used an imitation firearm to rob the Rubis gas station on St John’s Road on May 28, last year. He was sen...

A police officer accused of posting a “grossly offensive” meme online has launched legal action against the Crown. Barbi Bishop, a constable, argued the charge breached the freedom of conscience and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. The ac...

A proposal to erect a solar farm in St George’s has got mixed reviews from environmental groups because of its plan to use of undeveloped land. The planning application, submitted to the Department of Planning earlier this month, proposed a 6 megawat...

A total of $11 million has been committed to new buses – but the size of the fleet is to shrink from 88 vehicles to 70. The news of the more than 20 per cent cut came as Lawrence Scott the transport minister, said the first of 30 electric buses, wort...

Former Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews died yesterday after a decade-long battle with cancer. Ms Jacobs Matthews, who was 69, served from 2009 to 2016 and was responsible for the island’s financial reporting through the turbulence of the Grea...

Court reports were ordered on a man who admitted growing eight cannabis plants at his home in Devonshire. Kiwadme Roberts, 40, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a single count of cultivating cannabis in an increased penalty zone. The court hear...