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A former union leader got a standing ovation as the Throne Speech was read yesterday after it was announced a new arbitration centre would be named after him, Ottiwell Simmons, former president of the Bermuda Industrial Union and a past Progressive L...

The contribution of Bermudian soldiers in the First World War will be recognised this weekend in Belgium. Martin Buckley, department manager at the Bookmart at Brown & Co in Hamilton, organised two wreaths to be placed at the Menin Gate in the Belgia...

It was ladies’ day as the Throne Speech blueprint for the new Parliamentary session was unveiled yesterday. Colourful dresses added splashes of colour as a crowd assembled on the lawn of Cabinet Office to hear John Rankin, the Governor, read the spee...

Police are examining a report that found a former Saltus Grammar School teacher sexually assaulted pupils decades ago. A police spokesman confirmed yesterday that the BPS “is currently reviewing the contents of the report”. The spokesman refused to ...

Tax reform designed to reflect people’s ability to pay is in the pipeline, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday. A livable wage, cheaper healthcare, lower power costs and more competition in the mortgage market to drive down costs are also...

A top business leader backed the Government’s Throne Speech bid to help people who struggled with Bermuda’s high cost of living. John Wight, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce president, said the speech was right to focus on people caught in the gap bet...

The community is invited on a walk to mark the opening of the new Railway Bridge on Monday morning. There will be a one-lane closure in the eastbound lane on North Shore Road in Smith’s for the event. Anyone interested in participating in the walk ...

Three people were arrested for impaired driving after the latest round of road sobriety checkpoints last night. Two drivers failed the alco-analyser test at Hamilton Police Station and the third refused to take it. Five more motorists required initia...

An 80-year-old missing man was found safe and well, police said today. Richard Grant was discovered outside Somerset MarketPlace this evening and has been reunited with family members. He had been missing since Thursday, when he was last seen outside...

School head teachers are overworked and under pressure, the shadow minister for education claimed yesterday. Cole Simons said that public schools faced “huge problems” and that their principals risked “burnout” as some worked up to 18 hours a day. ...