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Juneteenth is one of the oldest celebrations commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, a military decree was announced in Galveston, Texas, informing enslaved people in the Confederate state that they were free. Today ...

Five new coronavirus cases were recorded last night. The infections were among 1,818 results that came back to health ministry officials. All the cases came in on flights from the US and Britain on Tuesday. Two were residents who arrived on the JetBl...

A 56-year-old man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a daylight attack at a ferry dock remained in intensive care last night. Inspector Peter Stableford said the shooting, which happened at 7.30pm on Wednesday, had caused life threatening injuri...

A man who dived into the sea to pull a close friend from an overturned car yesterday won the Hero of the Year award from a charity dedicated to children. Larry Simmons Jr, 24, said he was “over the moon” when the Kiwanis Club of St George gave him th...

A gunman found guilty of attempted murder and witness intimidation was yesterday jailed for 30 years. Jahmico Trott, 33, was told by acting Puisne Judge Craig Attridge it was a “brazen” attempt to kill in “broad daylight”. Mr Justice Attridge added t...

The Bermuda Industrial Union last night denied responsibility for a cruise ship’s cancellation of visits to St George’s. A BIU spokeswoman said the union’s work to rule would end at midnight last night – before the Viking Orion’s first scheduled visi...

Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda’s Regiment’s Coastguard will be out on the water in force over the holiday weekend. Captain Jeff Patterson, the officer commanding the RBR Coastguard, said full-time members would be reinforced with RBR Reserve soldier...

A 24-year-old man was jailed for 20 months yesterday for sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old girl. Shundray Gilbert, from Devonshire, was told in Magistrates’ Court that, although he had shown remorse and seemed to be at low risk of reoffending, he ...

An extension to the Public Health Emergency Act is expected to be discussed today in the House of Assembly. The earlier announced extension - which will allow the emergency to be extended for 60 days - is scheduled to be tabled and debated. The Publi...

The Opposition is to field fresh candidates to fight the next General Election. Elizabeth Harvey will contest St George’s South for the One Bermuda Alliance. The seat was won by Tinee Furbert, the social development and seniors minister in the Progre...