Somers Day was observed for nearly two decades before Parliament created the two-day Cup Match holiday in 1947.
The first known public commemoration of Sir George Somers’s 1609 landing of the Sea Venture occurred in 1929.
On July 28, 1931, Somers Day...
DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Meredith Ebbin
Youth activist and soon-to-be law graduate Eron Hill was sent abroad as part of a controversial government programme for vulnerable children — and credits it with turning his life around.
Mr Hill told The Royal Gazette he was compelled to share his s...
Almost 20 buses were cancelled this afternoon, according to a Government alert.
A total of 19 buses scheduled to be released between 4.11pm and 10.20pm have been cancelled.
Affected routes include Routes 8, 9, 7, 11, 10, and 4.
The alert was released...
The Attorney-General asked The Royal Gazette yesterday to stop inquiring about a government programme that sends vulnerable children overseas and about child-abuse allegations at some of the schools used.
The youngsters go to institutions abroad as p...
A prevailing view that new economic substance regulations will have minimal impact on captive insurers in Bermuda is to come under closer consideration next week.
An expected 800 delegates and speakers will attend the Bermuda Captive Conference, and ...
Bermuda’s register of beneficial company ownership cannot be released under the island’s public access to information law, according to a decision due to come out today.
Gitanjali Gutierrez, the information commissioner, said the Bermuda Monetary Aut...
Dear Sir,
Please explain why you included an opinion on homophobia that depicted white people in the United States. Brilliant headline from yourself: “The white supremacist role in modern homophobia”.
The only thing that has to do with Bermuda is th...
DATE: Jun 04, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor |
A series of bus routes were called off this afternoon, including school routes.
Affected schools include CedarBridge Academy and the Berkeley Institute.
According to the Government’s website, linked here, 44 routes were cancelled.
The move comes to a...
DATE: Jun 03, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
A senior detective has been accused of leading a “botched investigation” into a set of missing court recordings, which were ultimately uncovered during an inquiry by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
A formal complaint about Detective Superinten...
We often hear of “financial literacy” being the current buzz words to help people understand their financial status. Yet does it cover the whole picture? No.
Understanding how pension funds and mutual funds work is important, but only highlights a sm...
DATE: May 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Bill Storie
