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A Bermudian son of Portuguese immigrants who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War has died. Ernest Abel Benevides, who lived in Canada, was 96. Mr Benevides, whose grandfather, Manuel, brought the family to the island in 1905 a...

A man known by many as Bermuda’s king of bees was a hardworking and humble man, his family and friends said yesterday. Randolph Furbert, the former president of the Bermuda Beekeepers Association, died last Thursday at age 85. Paul Furbert yesterday...

A firefighter nicknamed “Superman” earned the title, his grieving wife said this week. Ramsay Saggar, who was 51, died on October 16 and will be buried with full Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service honours tomorrow. Crystal Saggar, married to Mr Saggar fo...

Hundreds of mourners packed the Anglican Cathedral to bid farewell yesterday to MP and former government minister Walton Brown. The standing room-only congregation at the Hamilton church heard that Mr Brown combined a fierce commitment to social just...

“Dready got a job to do, And he’s got to fulfil that mission ... Natty Dread rides again, Through the mystics of tomorrow, Natty Dread rides again: Have no fear, have no sorrow” — Bob Marley Dear Bo Bo, I was thinking about what to write this week a...

Elijah Cummings, Baltimore Congressman and “friend of Bermuda”, has died at the age of 68. The congressman died at Johns Hopkins Hospital from “complications concerning longstanding health challenges” yesterday. Ewart Brown, former Premier, said: “El...

With Walton Brown’s death, the Progressive Labour Party has lost one of its more thoughtful and cerebral leaders, and is the poorer for it. Mr Brown, who was just 59 at the time of his passing, was destined to be involved in politics from an early a...

Walton Brown was remembered by his colleagues and opponents yesterday as a champion for justice who fought peacefully for the underdog. MPs and senators made a string of tributes to the Progressive Labour Party MP at a joint sitting of the legislatur...

Willis Steede was remembered yesterday as a dedicated family man who took the less fortunate under his wing. Mr Steede, a well-loved city worker known affectionately as “Mr Front Street”, died last Friday. His son, Willis Steede Jr, said he was like...

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will say: “We have done this ourselves.” — Lao T...