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A sea of bright-coloured ducks lit up St George’s Harbour yesterday, as the Friends of Hospice 18th annual Rubber Duck Derby took to the waters. The races, which are the top fundraiser for the Agape House in-patient hospice, got delayed slightly from...

The return of the Hamilton Grand Prix brought crowds into the city this weekend, earning a mixed review from the Front Street business community. The two days of races, put on by the Bermuda Karting Club and the Corporation of Hamilton, closed off Fr...

This year’s Bermuda Day celebrations have been hailed as “picture perfect” in which “our sense of being proud to be Bermudian was palpable”. Providing a summary of Monday’s races and parade, Community Affairs Minister Wayne Scott said in the House of...

Renovation work on the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse has been completed at a cost of almost $365,000. The historic landmark was shut down at the start of the year to enable to work to go ahead after years of neglect. Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pam...

Realising this is the last day of yet another eventful Heritage Month we decided to go into the memory bank we’ve been accumulating during my own involved professional career that extends more than 75 years, for the one person who could be cited as...

A motion of censure against two Government MPs involved in the Jetgate row has been tabled in the House of Assembly. Opposition leader Marc Bean gave notice that he intended to move a motion next week asking MPs to discipline Tourism Minister Shawn C...

Cyril (Hooks) Cooper, one of Bermuda’s long-serving hoteliers and a devoted philanthropist, has died at the age of 81. Mr Cooper, who founded Hamilton’s Rosemont Hotel, also served on the Tourism Board and keenly took part in boating of all types. “H...

A grassroots petition to move the Bermuda Day celebrations to a Friday has gathered nearly 350 signatures. The petition wants to see the holiday, parade and half marathon shifted to the Friday before the last Monday in May to allow people more time t...

St George’s MP Nandi Outerbridge hailed the recent announcement that a new hotel and casino could be erected in the east end as an example of Government’s commitment to the area. Government announced last week that it had signed an exclusive 120-day ...

Much-loved educator Lorraine Fubler, who taught generations of Bermudian schoolchildren to read, has died at the age of 98. Ms Fubler’s more than 40 years of teaching began at Central School, now Victor Scott Primary, where she trained before moving ...

Pupils at CedarBridge Academy will today stage a special tribute to US writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, who died yesterday aged 86. The tribute to Dr Angelou, who died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she had ta...