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The Office of the Ombudsman handled 283 cases in 2017. To read the report, visit www.ombudsman.bm. To read a press release about the report, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.

As the warmer, summer months get under way, the Department of Marine and Ports Services is reminding the public that the ferry service remains a viable option as a mode of public transportation. Marine and Ports reminded that the catamaran ferries ar...

A 62-year-old Bermudian was held yesterday in connection with an extradition request from the United States. Paul Martin appeared in Magistrates’ Court after he was arrested under a provisional warrant. Loxly Ricketts, Crown prosecutor, told the cou...

A 49-year-old teacher has been banned from the roads for 18 months for drink driving. Dwight Jackson, from Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty at Magistrates’ Court yesterday to providing a breath sample above the legal limit. The court heard that Jacks...

An Opposition senator said a bid to have a Commission of Inquiry into a Government lawsuit against US medical group the Lahey Clinic was a “Trump-esque” attack on political opponents. Andrew Simons said: “I found that a bit unsettling in that it see...

Island courts have adopted new guidelines in a bid to ensure equality. The bench book is intended to equip the courts to deal with cases where a person’s differences could put them at a disadvantage. A spokeswoman for the court service said: “Traditi...

A man convicted of two sex offences against a schoolgirl has had his conviction overturned by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled the magistrate failed to explain why he did not doubt the victim’s story after he found one of three alle...

Part of the Co-Educational Facility has been redesignated as a hospital to block the release of a dangerous child sex offender. Merrick Seaman is to be held at the St George’s jail, which holds women prisoners and men aged 20 and younger, under the ...

An actress took a bow yesterday after finishing a gruelling 31-hour swim around Bermuda. Sarah Eismann completed the 63-kilometre non-stop attempt at Gates Bay in St George’s on the day before her 40th birthday. Ms Eismann, from New York, said she wa...

A private school is to start a $6 million expansion programme this summer to widen its curriculum. Somersfield Academy aims to provide the full International Baccalaureate at the school, which was founded as a Montessori school in 1991. Carlos Symon...