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The Department of Public Prosecutions may appeal against a court’s decision to dismiss a charge of careless driving against a defence lawyer, it was revealed yesterday. Larry Mussenden, Director of Public Prosecutions, said his department was examini...

A careless driving charge against lawyer Charles Richardson was dismissed by a magistrate yesterday because of lack of evidence. A further charge of failing to give a breath sample was dropped by prosecutors. Mr Richardson said afterwards: “I always ...

Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden questioned during the Budget debate of finance why government staff could not draw cash from the Contributory Pension Fund in times of hardship. David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said his government h...

Women who suffer abuse are in dire need of a permanent safe home, according to the outcome of a meeting held this week. The Women’s Action Group met with members of the public at the Human Rights Commission building on Monday to discuss services for ...

A public information campaign to focus on the decriminalisation of cannabis was launched yesterday. Michael Weeks, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, said that the public needed to know about the law changes, which decriminalised possessio...

Witnesses saw a female motorcyclist thrown into the air after her bike collided with a car on North Shore Road yesterday in Hamilton Parish. Bystanders said the young woman was hurt near the junction with Radnor Road in a crash at about 2.15pm. Accor...

An American woman raped in Bermuda 40 years ago has penned a letter to a schoolgirl sexually assaulted and killed only weeks after her own ordeal. Keri Ebright wrote a Letter to the Editor to mark the anniversary of the death of 11-year-old Connie Fu...

There will be no closures or mergers of Bermuda’s public schools this year, David Burt, the Premier, promised yesterday. He said: “That is not something we are looking into right now. “What we are looking at right now is making sure we improve the ou...

A commitment to the introduction of roadside breath tests is “a frontline priority”, despite no mention of road safety in the Budget statement. Walter Roban, Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, said that handheld breathalysers were not high...

The survival of the Progressive Labour Party will depend on unity in its ranks, Christopher Famous told its Founders’ Day lunch yesterday. “As a party, as a people, we must be mature enough to discuss and sort out things between ourselves, both behin...