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A prosecutor has been appointed as a magistrate and will take up the role next week. Maria Sofianos was selected after "an open and competitive recruitment process“, a spokesman for Government House said. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, added: “I am very ...

A Pembroke man has pleaded not guilty to possessing more than $60,000 worth of drugs. Maxwell Smith, 50, denied possessing cocaine, a substance containing THC and cannabis resin, as well as possessing and cultivating cannabis when he appeared in Mag...

Bermuda’s eco-friendly outlook is being used to lure visitors back to the island from the UK and continental Europe, travel chiefs have said. The Bermuda Tourism Authority said it was carrying out a push into the British market after having a “fluctu...

Lawrence Scott has said he is “surprised, but not bitter” to have been dismissed as transport minister by David Burt, the Premier. The Cabinet shake-up also saw the removal of Ernest Peets as Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, as well as Governmen...

A sailor who was washed overboard while taking part in this year’s Newport Bermuda Race drowned despite efforts by his crew mates to rescue him, according to an investigation into the tragedy. The report also concluded that it was unlikely that Colin...

Duranda Greene is to retire as president of the Bermuda College at the end of the academic year. Jerome Reid, the chairman of the college’s board of governors, made the announcement and thanked Dr Greene for her contribution and years of service. D...

A former Cabinet minister said yesterday he looked forward to the next year or more in post — before a reshuffle meant he handed over his responsibilities. Ernest Peets was the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport and the Government’s leader in the S...

Veteran MP Wayne Furbert takes on the transport portfolio for the third time in his near-30-year career in politics after yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle. Mr Furbert told The Royal Gazette: “I am quite familiar with the department, so I will talk to th...

Perhaps Lawrence Scott should not have compared himself to Ronaldo when he stressed what a team player he was after being unceremoniously dropped from the Cabinet squad. Given that the increasingly reluctant Manchester United player was disciplined r...

The appointment of ultra-loyalist Owen Darrell to the Cabinet could suggest that David Burt, the Premier, is trying to tighten his grip on power after the bruising Progressive Labour Party leadership battle which he won — but not overwhelmingly. Mr D...