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I was thinking of some flowery words to write for the end of 2021, and none came to mind. Then I thought of some other flowery words for the beginning of 2022, and none came to mind. As a matter of fact, there may be more than enough flowery words be...

April saw the first gun murder of 2021 – one said after an investigation to be a case of mistaken identity. Jordan Outerbridge was walking home from a card game when he was shot several times on Ord Road, Warwick, around 10.30pm on April 6. Mr Outer...

Clashes broke out over Government plans to force unvaccinated travellers to quarantine in approved centres at their own expense as part of the battle against Covid-19. Mark Pettingill, a lawyer and a former Attorney-General, said the move was “dracon...

Hurricane Larry swept past Bermuda but left the island largely undamaged. The hurricane packed sustained winds of 92mph and brought rough seas in its wake. September also saw the grim death toll of Covid-19 continue to climb as the number of active c...

Bermuda was rocked by the sudden death of a young football player after he was murdered outside an East End venue. Tributes poured in for Osagi Bascome, a 23-year-old footballer for the Bermuda national team, when police named him as the victim of a ...

Bermuda has recorded four more deaths from Covid-19, the Ministry of Health announced last night. Two of the deaths occurred in September and November, respectively, and are being reported following ongoing death certificate reconciliation. The othe...

As Covid-19 cases soared to their highest levels in September, the Bermuda Government was already looking overseas for help. Cases of the virus skyrocketed from 290 at the start of the month to 1,238 by September 14. The island’s fourth wave of infec...

The Ministry of Education yesterday issued a reminder to parents and students to preregister for back-to-school Covid-19 testing. Negative results must be submitted by January 5 to allow for in-school learning. Results for those testing privately are...

A curfew imposed by the Government last week appears to have been adhered to, according to police. The curfew – lasting from 12.30am until 5am – came into effect last week and will run until January 20. The move – announced by health minister Kim Wil...

The contagious new strain of the coronavirus virus could deplete the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital of vital medical staff, the Bermuda Hospitals Board has warned. A spokeswoman for the BHB said the Omicron variant could force staff to take time o...

Children today still like to play with Slime, which first gained popularity in the 1970s when it was marketed primarily as a disgusting looking green substance sold in a pretend plastic trash can. Its attraction, if that is the word, lay in its slip...

Dear Sir, There were two opinions recently expressed in The Royal Gazette that caught my attention regarding the way forward in 2022. The first opinion was expressed by John Barritt in his weekly editorial: "The public interest is embodied and repres...