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An arsonist could have been responsible for a blaze which swept through the old ballroom of the derelict Bermudiana Hotel on Christmas morning, it was revealed yesterday. A Police spokesman said: "Because of the seriousness of the incident, there was...

A broadcasting firm is facing legal action to recover more than a $100,000 in unpaid Government contributions. Minister of Finance Grant Gibbons has begun three separate court actions against broadcasting firm DeFontes, owners of TV station VSB, to d...

An insurance company is to team up with the Crimestoppers scheme in a bid to beat bike theft, it was revealed yesterday. The move came after a meeting of the joint committee to beat bike theft, headed by Police Assistant Commissioner Mr. Wayne Perinc...

claimed yesterday. Bermuda Union of Teachers general secretary Sen. Milton Scott said: "The Government is guilty of discriminatory practices -- it is illegal to do that in this country.'' He said some overseas teachers recruited to teach in Bermuda'...

A strapped-for-cash day centre for the elderly has been forced to raise its weekly charge by half. And already some families unable to meet the extra cost have said they will have to withdraw their relatives. Pembroke Senior's Day Centre -- run by th...

to two years in prison for robbing an acquaintance of $30. Puisne Judge Mr. Justice Ground was speaking as he passed sentence on Keeman Grant, 25, of Between-the-Walls Road, Sandys Parish. The Supreme Court heard that Grant -- who had just been relea...

Vagrants have set up `home' only yards from the seat of power in Bermuda, it was revealed this week. For people have been using the eastern garden of the Cabinet Building -- the office of the Premier -- to sleep in and as a toilet. But Police have no...

The man behind Bermuda's bid to revitalise its tourist industry does not take credit cards in his own hotel. Visitors' `plastic money' is not welcome at the Reefs Hotel, owned by UBP Tourism Minister David Dodwell -- who has rammed home the message t...

The Base lands may have too poor soil to create a world-class golf course, it was revealed yesterday. And the massive cost of importing enough good quality soil could bunker the ambitious plan altogether. The grim prediction came from an Island plant...

Winds packing gusts of up to 63 miles per hour and heavy rain stretched emergency services to the limit over the weekend. The Fire Service dealt with nearly 30 calls from Saturday night through to Sunday morning, mostly from flooded-out householders....