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A lawyer called proposals to reform cannabis legislation “a dog’s breakfast” that required a significant rewrite. Peter Sanderson, a human rights lawyer, said yesterday that a move away from criminalisation was needed, but that the draft legislation ...

Bermuda College will open its doors again next month — but health and safety precautions will be enforced. Duranda Greene, the college president, said that safety for staff and students had been “priority one” for its July 6 reopening. Dr Greene adde...

A woman was given a suspended sentence of 12 months yesterday after she admitted threats to murder a lawyer. The Supreme Court heard that Loreesa Burchall, 30, threatened to shoot Kamal Worrell and slash his throat in a series of messages sent betwee...

A sex offender was sentenced to 45 days behind bars after he admitted a breach of probation Junius Caines, 50, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to a charge that he used cocaine and cannabis between March 10 and March 19 in violation of his supervi...

The number of active Covid-19 cases in Bermuda fell to 15 over the weekend. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that, of 156 new test results received on Saturday, none were positive. The total number of Bermuda cases remained at 141, and t...

A man was arrested outside a liquor store on Friday after a fight that involved a machete. A police spokesman said officers were alerted to men fighting outside Hayward’s on Middle Road, Warwick, at about 2.30pm and that a machete had been brandished...

A demonstration against racism this weekend has been given the green light by police. The Bermuda Police Service said organisers have been given permission to hold the march tomorrow, despite Covid-19 restrictions. Chief Inspector Jerome Laws, who wi...

A temporary pay cut to parliamentarians was branded “window dressing” yesterday because the take-home pay for legislators would remain unchanged. The claim came after it was announced that MPs will have their salaries reduced for a year from July 1. ...

Amendments to help Bermuda respond as fast as possible to marine pollution incidents were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, said the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act would allow him to gi...

Bermuda will move to the third phase of relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions on Thursday, it was announced last night, but public schools will stay shut until September. David Burt, the Premier, said the final details of the next stage of a return to ...