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Almost half-a-million dollars will go towards the introduction of a new pupil grading system, the finance minister announced yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said that $473,000 would be used “to continue the implementation of a standards-based grading sys...

The Bermuda Government is to suspend payments into the sinking fund, a home for money set aside to pay down long-term debt. In his maiden Budget Statement yesterday, Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said it did not make financial sense to b...

A primary school installed a plaque yesterday to remember an 11-year-old girl who was brutally murdered more than 40 years ago. Former pupils and present pupils of Paget Primary School handed over the handmade plaque in memory of Connie Furtado, who ...

A move to set up a government-backed mortgage lender is a “wantonly unfair” use of public money, the shadow finance minister said yesterday. Nick Kempe also warned that the Progressive Labour Party’s plan to lend cash to public service employees was ...

Firefighters were called to a tree fire in Sandys this evening. The blaze, near Sandys 360, caused a flurry of activity on social media, but the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service said it was quickly extinguished at about 6.40pm.

A Bermudian rower has finished the challenge of a lifetime, with a 3,000-mile trip across the Atlantic as a part of a three-strong all-female crew. Jessica Rego, 29, and crewmates Susan Ronaldson and Caroline Wilson, both British, undertook the gruel...

The 2019-20 Budget Statement is under way. Curtis Dickinson, Minister of Finance, is making his maiden Budget presentation in the House of Assembly. The Royal Gazette is providing a live stream and text updates on this page, as well as Twitter updat...

A 32-year-old man has been accused of threatening and intimidating a witness. Jahmico Trott was charged in Magistrates’ Court with two offences, one of witness intimidation and one of making offers to provide “payment or protection” to the same witne...

Two men arrested in connection with the assault of a 63-year-old man have been released on police bail. The pair, aged 50 and 51, were arrested after the incident in the Mullet Bay area of St George’s on Sunday.

The courts made the right decision yesterday when it ruled against the Government in a row over all-terrain vehicle tours in sensitive areas, the head of the environmental charity that brought the case said last night. Kim Smith, the executive direct...