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An all-girl debating team has notched up Bermuda’s best performance at an international competition yesterday. The Independent Bermuda team was pipped at the post in the finals by South Korea at the Heart of Europe debating competition in Olomouc, Cz...

A murderous gunman who chased down and shot a man in 2017 was sentenced to life behind bars yesterday. Kiari Tucker, 23, was jailed for a minimum of 35 years for the murder of Morlan Steede, a Jamaican-born father of one. Tucker was told he must serv...

A 16-year-old schoolboy is to take part in a summer internship at a prestigious Ivy League school. Kairo Morton will attend an invitation-only internship programme at Yale University this month. He will take part in an artificial intelligence PhD pr...

Lionfish will be back in the crosshairs this summer with a special tournament to target the invasive species. The Heatwave Tournament, organised by Blue Water Divers and Watersports, the Bermuda Lionfish Taskforce and watersports store Makin’ Waves, ...

A total of 15 students have won scholarship awards from the Department of Workforce Development. Lovitta Foggo, the Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, presented the winners with National Technical Vocational Training awards, worth up to...

Questions ranging from the emigration of Bermudians to the island’s surging rat population were fielded by David Burt during Premier’s Question Time on Friday. Mr Burt took opening queries from Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the Opposition, on the “p...

Teens whose childhoods were spent in foster care are now pursuing their dreams thanks to big-hearted donors. Tylasha DeSilva, 17, and 18-year-old Sierra Brangman, have been awarded $30,000 and $20,000 for their education by the Foster Parents’ Associ...

Legislation to encourage superyachts to visit Bermuda passed with all-party support in the House of Assembly last night. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, said the Superyachts and Other Vessels (Miscellaneous) Act would help to mak...

A plague of rats could spread killer diseases, the Bermuda Hospitals Board chief of medicine warned yesterday. Michael Ashton said rats could transmit serious diseases to humans — and that some could be fatal. Dr Ashton explained: “Rats are known vec...

A teenage trio headed to Europe last night to represent the island at an international debating tournament. The school student team left for the Czech Republic, the host nation for the Heart of Europe competition, which starts today. Raina DeFontes, ...