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A pay threshold for workers in Bermuda is essentially just a sticking plaster on a wider issue, an Opposition MP claimed last night. Leah Scott said: “A minimum wage, at its core, is just a Band-Aid to a greater symptom. “And we have to fix that g...

Winifred Childs celebrated her 105th birthday yesterday — and may be Bermuda’s oldest resident. Ms Childs, known as Winnie, celebrated her century plus five at the Westmeath Residential Home. She admitted: “I never thought I would see 105, but now th...

MPs were slapped down for behaving like a “classroom of schoolchildren” by the Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday. Dennis Lister Jr issued a stern warning after images of MPs asleep in the chamber circulated on social media. Mr Lister had “no...

Two handguns were handed into police by members of the public this week. One was found in the water off South Shore on Wednesday and another was discovered in the St David’s area on Tuesday. Police have launched an investigation to find out if the gu...

Visitor spending has risen for the tenth consecutive quarter, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday. Tourists spent $96.2 million in the second quarter of the year, up $5.6 million on the $90.6 million recorded for the same period in 2017. The...

The Auditor-General has urged the Bermuda Government to come up with a proper plan of action to “get to grips” with its mounting debt. Heather Thomas said that debt servicing costs were increasingly affecting the Government’s ability to provide servi...

Two men on a motorcycle are believed to be responsible for a string of attempted chain snatches. In the latest incident, they rode alongside a man and tried to grab a chain from his neck as he travelled south along Barker’s Hill, Devonshire, on Thurs...

A $13,500 event at an East End beach was value for money, the chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday. Kevin Dallas said the cost of the promotion at Shelly Bay in Hamilton Parish on Thursday, which featured five island vendor...

Employment has risen, government revenues are up, spending is down and the deficit has been cut by 24 per cent, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt, also the finance minister, told the House of Assembly that “the facts totally disprove this tired ...

A mini train blocked traffic on Brighton Hill in Devonshire after it broke down yesterday morning. The train caused traffic delays near the junction with South Road, but it was later moved to the side of the road so traffic flow could resume as norma...