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Applications for betting shop licences may be “rubber-stamped” by the Government, the chairman of the Betting Licensing Authority warned yesterday. Juan Wolffe, the senior magistrate, questioned how much investigation could be done if a request for a...

Darrin Simons will become Deputy Commissioner of Police next month after he passed the Strategic Command Course in the UK. Mr Simons, who was successful in his application to be the next Deputy Commissioner last year, is the first serving Bermuda pol...

Bermuda’s prison service is a “forgotten service” according to Thad Hollis, lead negotiator for the Prison Officers Association. Mr Hollis, who is leading talks with the Corrections Department on behalf of the association, said negotiations and col...

A prayer service for the father who lost his family in an airline disaster in Ethiopia is to be held this week. Hamilton Seventh Day Adventist Church, where Paul Njoroge was a member of the congregation, will hold the service on Wednesday night. Mr N...

An out-of-service 92-foot motor yacht came loose from its mooring in St George’s Harbour at the weekend and hit at least three boats. The Esperanza drifted a quarter of a mile into a bay off St David’s before it was spotted and anchored. The alarm wa...

The latest volume of an academic journal includes articles on 19th-century prisoner of war ships, Second World War submarine history and military gravestones. The National Museum of Bermuda Press has launched Volume 21 of the Bermuda Journal of Arch...

Children’s craft projects ranging from chopping boards to picnic tables went up for auction at the weekend. The Construction Association of Bermuda showcased the work of schoolchildren at the Botanical Gardens last Friday, with silent bids for the cr...

A three-times head boy has his eyes fixed on leading Bermuda in the future. Seon Tatem, 17, who has been head boy at his primary school and middle school, and now at the Berkeley Institute, wants to give back to his country by becoming premier. Seon,...

Drones have been used to drop contraband into the grounds of Westgate prison, Wayne Caines, the national security minister, told MPs on Friday. The unmanned aircraft were spotted by prison staff three times in recent weeks, with contraband subsequent...

A Canadian company paid more than $1.6 million over the past 17 years to create Bermuda’s new bus schedule never had a formal contract with the Government, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Schedule Masters Inc, of Brampton, Ontario, was hired by the fo...