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Almost 200 trainee cadets, officers and permanent crew members of the US Coast Guard training vessel Eagle have made port in Bermuda under the ship’s first female captain Jessica Rozzi-Ochs. The 295-foot barque is visiting the island for the 39th tim...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority was launched eight years ago to lead the way in revitalising the industry on the island. It was meant to be apolitical and independent but it has attracted considerable commentary and had a high turnover of senior st...

Schools will have greater autonomy once an overhaul of the education is implemented, it has been claimed. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said an independent education authority will work “at arm’s length from Government” in supporting how ...

About a third of residents feel forced to buy less food and almost a fifth are choosing less healthy options owing to rising prices, says a new survey

A charity dedicated to helping the island’s older people said many of its members wanted greater price control regulations in the face of creeping cost-of-living increases. Age Concern Bermuda highlighted that its financial hardship support totalled ...

Michael Dunkley, the shadow national security minister, has accused the Government of using its push to legalise cannabis as a way of creating “friction” with London. The former premier said the legislation was aimed at “picking a fight” with Britain...

George Lamming, the Barbadian novelist, has died only five days short of his 95th birthday. A towering figure in Caribbean letters and fierce proponent of regional unity, his work was part and parcel of other writers from the colonial and postcolonia...

Ministers are refusing to say if there were any breakthroughs on the stand-off with London over the Government’s flagship cannabis legislation during top level talks with a senior British official. Despite repeated requests for information on the con...

Lavish praise has been heaped on the Queen for her platinum jubilee by David Burt, the Premier – despite the Government drawing criticism for not marking the occasion with a public holiday. Mr Burt said the Queen displayed calm and dignity in a world...

Failure by the Government to follow other Overseas Territories and declare a two-day public holiday to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee represents a missed opportunity to give workers a break, a leading union chief has said. Chris Furbert, head of t...