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Crime figures for 2019 and 2018 were released last night – after three-and-a-half years without reports. The 2019 report released by Bermuda Police Service showed criminal offences at their second lowest level since comparable figures were given in 2...

The Governor has stonewalled questions about the abrupt resignation of the Commissioner of Police. Rena Lalgie announced last Friday that Stephen Corbishley, a British officer who joined Bermuda Police Service on a five-year contract in August 2018, ...

The island’s top police officer quit his post last week with almost two years to run on his contract. The Royal Gazette takes a look at the tumultuous three year tenure of Stephen Corbishley, now the former Commissioner of Police. Stephen Corbis...

Soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment will carry out a blank firing exercise this weekend. The RBR’s newest troops will be out in the field at Hog Bay Park in Sandys on Saturday and Sunday to build on the basic soldiering skills they were taught ...

A tropical storm warning is now in effect, the Bermuda Weather Service said this morning. Hurricane Sam, a major storm, is still tracking to the east of the island. The Bermuda Weather Service said Sam’s closest point of approach to Bermuda was forec...

Emergency services personnel have been trained in disaster victim identification after a knowledge gap was noticed. Renée Ming, the national security minister, said Steve Cosham, the national disaster co-ordinator approached the UK Foreign Commonweal...

The fire service can handle major emergencies despite staff shortages, the national security minister said yesterday. Renée Ming praised firefighters and said that Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service’s departments were fully operational, although fire prev...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Gibbons was the Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Regiment at the time of the 9/11 terror attacks. Colonel Gibbons, now the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Bermuda Regiment, said that the island’s soldiers and other emergency ...

Parliamentary rules thwarted an attempt to get details on an “error“ granting an exemption to the lockdown imposed in April that briefly allowed construction of a St George’s hotel to continue. The exemption for the St Regis resort construction was p...

The Opposition has called for Covid-19 travel regulations to be relaxed, insisting that the island’s border could still be protected with less stringent measures. Michael Dunkley, the shadow national security minister, said controversial Travel Autho...

People looking to put on functions for more than 100 guests are being asked not to submit applications until next Monday, June 28. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport, which has taken over responsibility for granting exemptions...

Government today came under fire for its decision to push ahead with mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated arrivals to the island – despite softening its position on the regulation. The Government announced last month that anyone who landed in Bermud...