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Progressive Labour Party MP Tinee Furbert used her maiden speech in the House of Assembly on Friday to focus on enhancing the quality of life for persons with disabilities. The Junior Minister of Disability Affairs said disabilities were consistentl...

A 16-year-old motorcyclist remained in a “critical but stable condition” in the hospital’s intensive care unit yesterday. The female teenager was injured on Friday evening when her auxiliary cycle went over an embankment on South Road, Paget, near So...

The island’s largest Farmers’ Market “in several years” was formally opened by public works minister Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch yesterday. Colonel Burch was joined by home affairs minister Walton Brown for the event at the Botanical Gardens and ...

The Royal Bermuda Regiment has opened a storefront in Hamilton for the first time to promote service in the island’s defence force. The pop-up shop at the junction of Queen Street and Reid Street was opened to boost recruitment in the run-up to Janua...

Bermuda Government’s debt hit $2.515 billion at the end of September. However, the rate of debt growth is slowing as the gap between revenue and expenditure narrows. In the six months to the end of September, stronger than expected Custom duty receip...

A man who tried to smuggle nearly $250,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda was jailed for 7½ years yesterday. Raza Mirza was caught as he came through customs at LF Wade International Airport with the drugs hidden in the lining of his bag. Mirza, 22, a...

Government plans to create a Department of Disaster Management, the House of Assembly heard this morning. The department, comprising police and fire officers, will develop plans to deal with a range of possible disasters, Minister of National Securit...

Three motorcyclists were seriously injured in separate accidents less than six hours apart yesterday. A woman suffered serious head injuries after her bike crashed in Paget just before 8pm. A police spokesman said the woman was rushed to hospital aft...

A 26-year-old man has denied killing a woman by driving his boat dangerously. Andrew Lake, of Southampton, pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of New Zealander Mary McKee in Supreme Court yesterday morning. Ms McKee, 62, died after a marine incide...

A new plan for public schools was unveiled in the House of Assembly yesterday. Targets include 75 per cent of all public school pupils up to recognised standards in reading and mathematics inside five years. School principals will be given powers to ...