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Here are five things we learnt from today’s Throne Speech: 1) A day of firsts: Rena Lalgie, the Governor, made history as the first woman, and the first Black person, to deliver the Speech from the Throne. She used the occasion to subtly, but fi...

The Throne Speech was as heavy on the rhetoric of solidarity as it was light on the details of recovery. It took Rena Lalgie, the Governor, 8,241 words to say not very much at all. Not her fault as, apart from a few thoughts of her own tacked on at t...

A pledge to “streamline” healthcare administration so more cash can be spent on patient care was made in yesterday’s Throne Speech. The Government said that “systemic reform” of the system was “desperately needed” if the goal of affordable universal ...

A charity leader yesterday questioned the Government’s Throne Speech announcement that it would help the third sector get loans. Major Rob Kerr, The Salvation Army’s divisional commander for Bermuda, said his understanding was that the plan would be ...

A charity leader said yesterday she looked forward to consultation over Government plans to boost child protection. Nicola Paugh, the executive director of the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community, said the organisation was...

A gardening club yesterday donated $10,000 to a nature restoration project in celebration of the club’s centennial anniversary. The Garden Club of Bermuda gave the cheque to the Buy Back Bermuda (BBB) group to help them complete the restoration of Ev...

Young artists can win cash prizes in an art competition held by the Bermuda National Trust. The trust yesterday opened its doors to applications for their 2021 Student Art Competition, whose theme this year is “My Bermuda”. Karen Border, the executiv...

The Throne Speech, under the title of “Social Renewal and Economic Recovery”, opened with the Governor’s reflection on the “definitive”, once-in-an-era change brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rena Lalgie told the gathering: “The wounds inflicted by ...

Motorists were reminded today of the dangers of speeding and the need to stick to the speed limit on safety grounds. The Bermuda Road Safety Council warned that speeding was the leading cause of road collisions that resulted in serious injury or deat...

Young people involved in an adventure training charity have been featured in digital artworks as part of a project designed to battle negative stereotypes of Black people. Dany Pen, the executive director of Raleigh Bermuda, said the art project, par...