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A longtime child welfare campaigner welcomed a proposed law to improve protection for youngsters yesterday, but said it lacked a guarantee of funding for independent legal representation for vulnerable children in court. Sheelagh Cooper said: “I am v...

A love of swimming and loquats were credited as the secrets to a long life as a woman celebrated her 105th birthday. Myrtle Edness notched up the milestone on Wednesday and said that fresh fruit and regular dips in the sea had kept her healthy. Ms Ed...

An opposition senator said he had still to get answers to questions he asked last month about an investigation into the Government’s child protection agency. Nick Kempe, the One Bermuda Alliance leader in the Upper House, said he had questioned why a...

Shares of One Communications Ltd were up 10 cents, or 2.7 per cent, at $3.75 after 10,000 traded on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index. BF&M Ltd retreated five cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $17 after 7,805 shares changed hands, while Butterfield Bank was down ...

Schoolgirls have created a public artwork to mark a milestone in space exploration. Pupils from Bermuda High School painted the space-themed mural on the new Pembroke headquarters of security firm Bermuda Security Group. The project was a collabora...

The Government has launched a lawsuit to recover almost $800,000 of public money it loaned to an entertainment company to create a recording studio at Dockyard, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Papers were filed in the Supreme Court against Anthony Blak...

Cup Match will be held in St George’s this year, but seniors will gate a taste of the event in Somerset days before the first over. The third annual Tee’l Pre-Cup Match and Emancipation Day tea for seniors will be held at Somerset Cricket Club on Jul...

Work to remove an asbestos-riddled roof at a former preschool was halted yesterday, amid confusion over neighbourhood notification that the work was to take place. Staff downed tools at the site in St David’s because it was claimed residents and a ne...

Legislation designed to set up a commission to examine the creation of a minimum wage is to be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Employment (Wage Commission) Act 2019 is among six Bills expected to be discussed in what was predicted to be a...

Jamel Easton is on his way to a career in air conditioning and mechanics after graduating from the Bermuda College, as part of Bermuda Air Conditioning’s apprenticeship programme. Mr Easton discovered his passion for the industry in high school whil...

Two Bulgarian men denied charges relating to bank-card fraud in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Vladimir Vasilev, 31, pleaded not guilty to having a machine designed to make false credit cards for the purpose of stealing money. Nikola Aleksandrov, 40, ...

Progressive Labour Party leader Leonard Frederick Wade was a teacher turned lawyer, whose true calling was politics. An early member of the PLP, he served the party in many capacities before becoming its leader. He was Opposition leader for 11 years....