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A private school paid tribute yesterday to an alumnus who died during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Kwame Naylor and Rachael Betschart, Warwick Academy’s head boy and head girl, laid a wreath and photograph of Rhondelle Tankard at the school’s ...

Seniors’ needs against a backdrop of rising costs in Bermuda took centre stage at an in-person “talk and tea” forum held last Friday. Eighty participants gathered at St Paul’s Church Hall in Paget — with more such gatherings planned. Tinée Furbert, M...

The Queen has died, Buckingham Palace has announced. The 96-year-old monarch, whose 70-year reign was the longest in British history, was attended by senior members of the Royal Family as she passed away yesterday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. A st...

In her long reign of 70 years, the Queen visited Bermuda six times, the visits ranging from two brief aircraft refuelling stopovers to a full, three-day tour, designed to meet or be seen by as many people as possible. During that time, she struck a b...

Civic leaders and former politicians paid tribute to the Queen shortly after her death was announced this afternoon. Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, described the Queen as “our beloved Monarch”, and noted that she had “a special connection” t...

Shortly after her ascension to the throne, the Queen embarked on a 30,000-mile, six-month world tour to introduce herself to her subjects. The tour saw her attend 223 receptions, give 157 speeches and open seven parliaments. God Save The Queen was su...

Twenty-two years after her first visit, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Bermuda on February 16, 1975. Bermuda had seen the desegregation of theatres after a boycott, organised by the secret Progressive Group, which pushed the island towards the end of ...

On arrival for a two-day visit on March 8, 1994, hundreds greeted the royal couple at what was still the Civil Air Terminal, where the Queen surprised many by making an impromptu stop to talk to the crowds of children assembled by the gate. Bermuda w...

The Queen’s fourth official visit to Bermuda was the culmination of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of English settlement. The visit, from November 24 to 26 in 2009, came 56 years to the day since the Queen first travelled to Bermuda, but no...

Workers installing a solar project at the National Sports Centre got a brief dousing this morning when their drill struck a high-pressure water pipe. The job is part of an ongoing renewable energy launch at the Devonshire facility. The drilling is to...