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The House of Assembly last night approved an increase in payroll tax despite vocal opposition. While Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, said the move was a temporary but necessary measure, shadow minister David Burt said it would place an additio...

The history of sea turtle nesting on Bermuda’s beaches will be detailed by Wildlife Ecologist for the Department of Conservation Services, Dr Mark Outerbridge, in a lecture at the BUEI next Thursday (March 17). The island once had a thriving sea turt...

The Bermuda Government is anticipating industrial activity tomorrow, with a likely disruption of public services. The warning, at 11pm, came shortly after Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called on the public to ignore an “irresponsible call” for an isl...

Psychologist Dr Michael Vallis is visiting Bermuda next week to teach a two-day workshop for healthcare workers. Dr Vallis, founder of the Behavioural Change Institute in Halifax, Canada “teaches people how to engage with those with chronic illnesses...

A 21-year-old Pembroke man has denied the luring and sexual assault of a child. Communication “for the purpose of committing exploitation” allegedly took place between the defendant and the accuser, neither of whom can be named for legal reasons, bet...

A motion calling for a joint select committee to be appointed to look at the historic issues surrounding immigration has been withdrawn by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown. The motion, which also called for the committee to report on its inqu...

The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation is continuing with its Message in a Bottle Campaign aimed at depression awareness and suicide prevention. The campaign requires companies and individuals to leave a USB message in a bottle after which it is passed...

Scientists have drawn two conclusions when working to understand what attracts lionfish to island waters, Rotarians heard yesterday. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, assistant scientist at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, has been studying the island’...

Janie Brown has lived in Bermuda for 23 years, employs a predominantly Bermudian workforce in her dental practice and has two Bermudian children. And yet, without status, the US native can still be made to feel like a “second-class citizen” in her ad...

For Dana Simmons, walking in her father’s military footsteps more than 70 years later proved a deeply moving experience. Lieutenant Donald Wight Giddings was stationed in Bermuda between 1943 and 1944 to train soldiers bound for the Second World War ...