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Government MP Marc Bean accused the One Bermuda Alliance of “playing the racecard” in electing black MP Craig Cannonier as party leader. Mr Bean, who is also black, made the remarks while lambasting the OBA for using what he described as “racial rhet...

Bermuda’s seniors gained little in Premier Paula Cox’s Budget for the coming fiscal year. So believes former Bermuda Council on Ageing head Marian Sherratt. She said she agreed with the rollback announced by the Premier on land tax and vehicle licenc...

Lawyers lined up yesterday to bid their fond farewells to Chief Justice Richard Ground, who retires at the end of the month. He has served in the position since March 2004, and is due to hand over the reins to Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley. Yesterday was ...

Chief Justice Richard Ground praised the lawyers and judges who helped him slash the number of pending criminal trials from 79 to just 21 during his time at the helm. Delivering a speech yesterday to mark his exit from the post at the end of the mon...

Premier Paula Cox announced Dale Butler and Marc Bean as the official candidates for the Progressive Labour Party in the next general election yesterday. In making the announcement at Alaska Hall, the party’s headquarters, Ms Cox described both candi...

Government is still in the early stages of looking into taking control of Bermuda’s commercial airspace, according to Transport Minister Derrick Burgess. He told a press conference yesterday that everything had a planning stage and the idea was prese...

The Bermuda Industrial Union yesterday warned that privatisation of public services could be a “recipe to disaster”. BIU president Chris Furbert told the media that while there are pros and cons to the idea of privatising public services, it was not ...

Two bouncing baby boys were born yesterday on February 29, the day that marks a leap year. The first leap year baby to arrive in Bermuda this year was born at 1.31pm at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Baby Hall weighed in at 8.1lbs. A hospital spo...

The men and women who share February 29 as a birthday are accustomed to attracting a little bit of curiosity. Popularly known as leapers or leaplings, they measure their lives by a different schedule than the rest of us. And a sampling of residents w...