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A tax on sugar introduced in Mexico in 2013 cut sales of sodas by 12 per cent — now the Bermuda Diabetes Association hopes a similar policy could do the same for Bermuda. It comes after the Throne Speech revealed that the Government would begin a con...

Bermuda resident Brooke Burfitt has picked up an award for Best Actress at a Hollywood film awards ceremony. Ms Burfitt took a top prize at the Hollywood Cinemas Festival last weekend for her starring role in a feature length thriller. Ms Burfitt, w...

A number of initiatives outlined in last week’s Throne Speech will be funded through existing money, David Burt, the Premier said yesterday. The Premier discussed some of the pledges made on Friday at a press conference held at The Cabinet Building...

Dead fish spotted on Bermuda’s beaches and floating close to shore are probably not a cause for concern, according to an ocean expert. The rotting carcasses have been seen this week on the sands at Shelly Bay and floating in St George’s and Hamilton ...

A detachment of Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers is readying for a mercy mission to hurricane-devastated UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean. Disaster recovery experts from the RBR’s Gun and Assault Pioneers, as well as Special Constables, will j...

Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic will be hosting its quarterly “Docs for Dinner” event at Café Lido tomorrow. The guest speaker is Jay Alexander Graham, an abdominal transplant surgeon in the Bronx at Montefiore Medical Centre, wh...

International mail will be delayed due to Hurricane Irma, island residents are being warned. According to the Bermuda Post Office, mail originating from the Caribbean and Florida has been “significantly impacted”. Local mail service, however, has n...

Resurfacing works are taking place today on Palmetto Road, between Bishop Spencer Road and Border Lane, during off-peak times. Tomorrow and Friday, a one-lane closure could be in place along Parsons Road, between Montpelier Road at the Frog Lane roun...

Shadow education minister Cole Simons said the Ministry of Education has no refurbishment or remediation plan for public schools after Dellwood Middle School was closed off in areas to treat mould yesterday. Mr Simons added that, when he was educatio...

Waleed Lightbourne always wanted to be a nurse. His mother worked as a nurses’ aide for more than four decades and the love and care she showed her patients inspired him. As the first male graduate of the Bermuda College’s Associate Degree in Nursi...