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A complaint will probably be made to the Human Rights Commission about a hotel’s refusal to host two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent. Melvyn Bassett, spokesman for a group going by the names Preserve Marriage and Concerned Citizens of Bermuda, ...

A conservative Catholic author best known for her opposition to contraception will give a talk to churchgoers this evening. Kimberly Hahn, a Republic city councillor in Ohio, will speak at St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church in Warwick at 7pm. A notic...

A restaurateur has told how his “worst nightmare” came true when a rat ran into his establishment from the street and leapt on to the shoulder of a female customer. The incident happened in broad daylight on Friday morning when the facility was packe...

Perot Post Office in Hamilton has now opened for business after a faulty lock prevented staff from getting into the premises this morning. Postmaster-General Wayne Smith told The Royal Gazette: “The Perot Post Office had a faulty lock this morning an...

A mother has described her gay son and his partner as “very courageous” for launching a bid to have Bermuda’s first same-sex marriage. Sylvia Hayward-Harris told The Royal Gazette it was typical of her son Ijumo Hayward to “not worry about public app...

A gay couple seeking permission to marry in Bermuda are highly likely to succeed if their case goes before the courts, according to a human rights expert. Lawyer Mark Diel said recent court judgments regarding same-sex couples in Bermuda showed the I...

A former United Bermuda Party minister has weighed in on the Bermuda Government’s $250 million plan to build a new airport, claiming the project is unnecessary. Quinton Edness, who retired from politics in 1998, said he had heard nothing yet from the...

A gay Bermudian who is hoping to marry his partner on the Island wants his landmark case to end a culture of people being forced to “live either a lie or in the shadows or behind closed doors”. Ijumo Hayward, 46, and his American partner Clarence Wil...

Former minister Quinton Edness is calling on the Cabinet to launch an immediate investigation into the most recent findings of the Auditor-General. Mr Edness said scrutiny of the “litany of non-compliance with financial instructions (FIs) and related...

Civil servants wasted $2.6 million of public funds by making duplicate payments, according to the Auditor-General’s latest report. The transactions included a payment of $807,000 in 2012 to Sandys 360, the West End sports facility that closed its doo...