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After nearly 100 days as Government's top truancy officer, Leonard (Shinah) Simons says efforts to improve school attendance are beginning to work. While he admitted that the truancy problem was serious, Mr. Simons yesterday told The Royal Gazette th...

The much talked about bill to ban capital and corporal punishment was tabled before Parliament yesterday. The Abolition of Capital and Corporal Punishment Act of 1999 was laid before the House of Assembly on Friday by Development and Opportunity Mini...

Bermuda photography book continued this weekend, as the book is set to hit stores for Christmas. Bermudians were encouraged on the weekend -- by angry professional photographers -- to boycott the collection of shots by amateur photographers because i...

different perspective,'' Jason Cabral said after receiving a Gold Award at Government House. The 17-year-old Saltus Grammar student added: "I just joined to go on the expedition, but the whole experience allows you to find out about yourself. "You le...

riders and promised to listen to their concerns and suggestions. Dr. Brown vowed to meet with the residents again in the new year and to bring solutions to the problems faced by riders in the Paget, Warwick and Hamilton Harbour islands. Flanked by Mi...

back -- because he gave it all away! Through a friend, Frederick Yearwood, who was chairman of the BMA from 1979 until 1982, has appealed to the public to get any Bermuda notes released during the years of his tenure. It is understood Mr. Yearwood h...

Opposition Sen. Mark Pettingill yesterday blasted Government's plan to hold certain Magistrates' Court hearings via a video link-up before having verbatim reports. And Sen. Pettingill, a defence lawyer, abstained from voting for an amendment to the I...

A Senator has claimed the closure of the Marriott Castle Harbour Resort has placed Bermuda in an "unfavourable position'' and causes him "grave'' concern. Opposition Sen. Kim Swan , speaking during the motion to adjourn yesterday, said although he wa...

Young Bermudians must look at the facts of history and be more positive in their outlook if the Island is to prosper in the future, a Senator has claimed. Speaking during the motion to Adjourn, Government Sen. Calvin Smith -- often mimicking a young ...

Bermuda's ports have seen a busy week with unscheduled arrivals calling in for a water stop, a cargo adjustment and a mooring check, in addition to the Island's regular callers. The arrival last Thursday of the giant Saudi Shaqra on it's way from Tam...