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The Fairmont Southampton was lit up last night to mark 50 years since the hotel first opened its doors. The hotel welcomed its first guests at a gala event on August 17, 1972. As part of this week’s anniversary celebrations, the lights in a number of...

Guinea pigs and rabbits are being released into the wild in increasing numbers and are creating a potential environmental threat, according to the SPCA. Kate Terceira, executive director of the charity, said they had seen a rise in reports of pets, i...

A woman left her Warwick home for an hour and returned to find it ransacked, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday. Holly Murphy told the court that more than $825 worth of clothing, jewellery and other items were stolen on the morning of November 13,...

A controversial tax on products containing sugar forced almost half of respondents to reduce their consumption of sugary goods and drinks, according to an academic study. But the levy still netted the Government millions of dollars in revenue. The ta...

Health chiefs have launched an extensive survey to gauge how residents feel about the standard of care on the island. The Bermuda Health Council, in collaboration with the University of West Indies, issued the first survey yesterday. According to a s...

An anti-racism charity has applauded another local charity for considering changing its name. The Bermuda Audubon Society recently announced that it was “exploring a potential name change” to dissociate itself from anti-abolitionist owner of enslave...

Bermudian artist Gherdai Hassell has created a public sculpture commissioned by an art education project to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact. The World Reimagined has commissioned a series of globe structures ...

A team from the British Virgin Islands visited Bermuda this week to learn more about how the island handles its waste. Marlon Penn, BVI Minister of Health and Social Development, Petrona Davies, permanent secretary for the ministry, and Albert Gillin...

Seniors will receive the 2.75 per cent pension increase promised by the Government on September 15, the Premier and Minister of Finance has said. David Burt, who introduced legislation to increase the funds for seniors in July, said the payments wou...

Road closures in two parishes are set to start this Saturday, the Ministry of Public Works has warned. Trenching will continue along Middle Road in Southampton from August 20 to August 28 from 7am to 7pm. Lighthouse Road will be closed to all traffic...