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Senior civil servant Major Marc Telemaque asked immigration officials to find a way for Bermuda to issue travel documents to the four refugee Uighurs, but was rebuffed. Major Telemaque sent a “high importance” e-mail in January 2011, the day before h...

Construction firms remain unpaid for their work on the stalled Caroline Bay hotel and homes development, two sources said yesterday. One contractor, who asked not to be named, said he had “heard nothing official and received no money”. The news came ...

People going to live, work or study in Canada will be able to have their biometric information collected in Bermuda for the first time, it was revealed yesterday. The Ministry of National Security has launched a trial programme to allow residents to...

Sun canopies have been installed at a popular beach to provide shelter for taxi and shuttle bus passengers. Transport minister Zane DeSilva said the canopies in the car park at Horseshoe Bay in Southampton would reduce heat and UV exposure and improv...

Heritage Nights are to return to the Town of St George next week after a decade’s absence. Businesses, restaurants and historic sites will welcome visitors on Friday nights. George Dowling III, the Mayor of St George, said last night: “We took to re...

In politics, good gets better and bad gets worse. This axiom perfectly illustrates what we are witnessing in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Since Thursday’s debate, former vice-president Joe Biden has been on his heels as a spec...

In a break with tradition, Donald Trump plans to assume a prominent role in the Independence Day celebration in Washington tomorrow. For months, Trump has promised a “major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your favourite president, ...

Soldiers reinforced civilian volunteers as part of a drive to clear vegetation at an historic estate now designated as a national park, at the weekend. About 20 troops from the Royal Bermuda Regiment teamed up with volunteers recruited by the Governm...

Video recordings on social media of a weekend brawl on a boat are believed to show an incident at a Sunday raft-up off Morgan’s Point, according to police. A spokesman said last night that its circumstances were “unclear”. One film shows a boat packe...

“The Tories, in their terror, have elevated a cavorting charlatan to the steps of Downing Street.” Those are the words of Sir Max Hastings, writing in The Guardian on June 24. Hastings is the former editor of The Daily Telegraph, the conservative Bri...

A dossier of official correspondence about the Uighurs and their relatives has been released by the Government, ten years after the four men came to the island from Guantánamo Bay at the invitation of Ewart Brown. The e-mails reveal how Bermuda’s top...

A seaside dining experience that features sharing platters and bean bags on the South Shore was introduced to entice people away from the buzz of the city at the start of the weekend. The Hamilton Princess and Beach Club launched Lazy Fridays at its ...