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Hundreds of families have signed up to an energy-saving programme, regulatory minister Walter Roban revealed today. Mr Roban said 220 homes have connected to the grid and 65 are using solar water heating, as a result of rebates to encourage residenti...

Garbage will be collected on a weekly basis until at least the end of the year, the Minister of Public Works said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the new collection schedule would become permanent if it was up to him. He said: “That ...

Dear Sir, Reading in today’s Royal Gazette (June 22, 2018), I was interested and encouraged to see our Premier and Minister of Finance, David Burt, raise his concerns about the Government’s underfunded pension plan. In the House of Assembly, he told ...

Daredevil, evangelist and motorcycle stuntman Cyril “Big” Smith has died at the age of 75. David Jones Sr, the founder and former president of the Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club, said Mr Smith was “one of Bermuda’s greatest stuntmen”. Mr Jones added ...

The greatest challenge to dementia caregivers can sometimes be the families of their patients. Many go through a period of denial, confused by the ups and downs of the disease. “They think mom is going to be okay,” said Yana Swainson of Bermuda In Ho...

A Digicel customer got a Bolt from the blue yesterday. Usain Bolt paid a surprise visit to Simon Argent after he won a competition for customers who signed up for the telecom firm’s fibre internet service. Mr Argent, of Hilton Drive, Paget, said: “I ...

Henry DeSilva’s story is bittersweet. For decades he searched for his little sister Margaret Ann, who went into Bermuda’s foster care programme when she was 3 and disappeared with an American family soon after. Ancestry DNA helped connect the pair th...

A schoolboy runner who got to meet sprint superstar Usain Bolt yesterday said the experience had reinforced his dream of becoming a top track athlete. Chayse Tanner, 14, from TN Tatem Middle School in Warwick, was speaking after he asked a question ...

Track superstar Usain Bolt said memories of his first world record flooded back when he visited the National Stadium yesterday. Bolt signalled his future greatness at just 17, when he became the first junior athlete to break the 20-second mark over 2...

Dear Sir, In last Saturday’s newspaper, you ran the following online story: “Burch wants Governor Cup Match dismissal”. “A controversial government minister told MPs last night he had refused to repair a wall at a Cup Match venue unless the club agr...

The world’s fastest man slowed things down yesterday to spend some time with Bermuda’s premier. Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt met David Burt at Cabinet House in Hamilton. The pair shared laughs and smiles as they discussed football, travel, and Jam...

Manuel Raposo does not pass up an opportunity to relive his period as one of Bermuda’s daredevils. In the summer of 1963, he signed up for the first Around the Island Power Boat Race with his brother, John. They were at the starting line in Yellow Bi...