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Schoolboys can start to smoke as young as 10, the Minister of Health told a conference yesterday. Kim Wilson said a recent study showed that some young people tried the habit well before they reached 18, the legal age to buy tobacco. She added that a...

Construction firms remain unpaid for their work on the stalled Caroline Bay hotel and homes development, two sources said yesterday. One contractor, who asked not to be named, said he had “heard nothing official and received no money”. The news came ...

A Canadian artist who has painted princes and prime ministers has donated some of his work to a Bermuda art gallery. Bernard Poulin, whose subjects have included the Royal Family’s Prince William and Jean Chrétien, a former Canadian prime minister, a...

Police have launched an international manhunt for a Bermudian-based international life insurance company owner accused of investor fraud involving millions of dollars. Ramesh Dusoruth, owner of St George’s Ltd, faces a charge of fraudulent inducement...

A woman who admitted she got into a brawl in a bar was shown mercy by a magistrate yesterday. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Shalayah Pendleton, 20, that an assault conviction could affect her opportunities for work and travel. He said: “That mom...

A child safety campaigner has called for urgent investment in more courtroom space so young victims of sex crimes do not have to wait years for their cases to be heard. Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder an executive director of charity Saving Children and...

A central parish has been hit by a plague of rats, residents said yesterday. Residents in the Appleby Lane area of Paget said the neighbourhood had been overrun by “brazen” rodents. Ian Adderley, who lives in Appleby Lane, said: “I’m not blaming anyb...

People going to live, work or study in Canada will be able to have their biometric information collected in Bermuda for the first time, it was revealed yesterday. The Ministry of National Security has launched a trial programme to allow residents to...

Sun canopies have been installed at a popular beach to provide shelter for taxi and shuttle bus passengers. Transport minister Zane DeSilva said the canopies in the car park at Horseshoe Bay in Southampton would reduce heat and UV exposure and improv...

The Ministry of Finance has been criticised for a refusal to release correspondence related to the airport development agreement. A Public Access to Information request was made for the exchange between Bob Richards, the One Bermuda Alliance former f...