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A rare Brazilian seabird was spotted in Bermuda recently — and may have been trying to nest. The Bermuda Audubon Society said the Trindade petrel was seen only a few feet from a footpath at Spittal Pond. A BAS newsletter said: “Robert Branco was visi...

Bermuda’s biggest thrift store has a plan to expand. The Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda, which runs The Barn on Devon Spring Road, has filed a planning application to demolish the smaller of the two buildings on the Devonshire site and replace it wit...

The history of abolitionist and National Hero Mary Prince is to be the focus of a series of events this summer. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, told the House that special tours designed to showcase Mary Prince’s B...

A homeowner near a former golf course where the new owners want to build 18 luxury homes said yesterday that the plan by developers was “putting up buildings for rich people and to enrich themselves”. The objector, who asked not to be named, added th...

Improvements will be made to Port Royal Golf Course in advance of the first PGA Bermuda Championship in the autumn. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, told the House that he would provide an itemised list of the work to be done on t...

Five prison inmates have been awarded their GEDs in a ceremony held at the Co-Educational Facility. Daymon Simmons, Dion Cholmondeley, Detré Ford, André Richardson and Mikiel Thomas all successfully completed the GED programme. Mr Simmons also succes...

Environmentalists protested outside the House of Assembly yesterday in a bid to highlight the need for action on climate change and pollution. More than 40 people gathered outside the House at lunchtime carrying placards with slogans such as “People ...

Legislation to raise the mandatory retirement age for Public Service workers by three years was passed with unanimous support in the House of Assembly yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the Public Service Superannuation Amendm...

The owners of the former Riddell’s Bay Golf Course have applied to break up the land into 22 lots. A subdivision application, submitted to the Department of Planning by Castile Holdings earlier this month, proposed the creation of new lots on the rec...

Two students have been given a leg-up to continue their studies by the Chubb Charitable Foundation. Kiara Virgil-Wainwright, a recent graduate of the Berkeley Institute and Bermuda College dual enrolment programme, was awarded the Bermuda College Edu...