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A weekend of gun violence cast a sombre tone over much of April. The Good Friday gun murder of Kimwandae Walker as he flew a kite with his two children, established a new low for the Island. It was the year’s third such killing, but the fact that it ...

Finance Minister and Deputy Premier Paula Cox faced a tough month after delivering the $1.2 billion Budget at the end of February. Especially contentious was the proposed Payroll Tax Amendment Act. Raising the tax from 14 to 16 percent and boosting t...

January 2: Fireworks lit up the sky over Hamilton Harbour as New Year's revellers on Front Street said goodbye to 2009 and Bermuda's 400th Anniversary celebrations. Earl Ingemann, 21-year-old heart transplant survivor, was placed in the Intensive Car...

St George’s Mayor Kenneth Bascome blamed short hours at the old police station for leaving the town vulnerable. Mr Bascome’s comments followed a break-in yesterday at Vera P Card jewellers on Water Street, close to the St George’s Station. According ...

September 1: Student and lifeguard Geoffrey Burns is killed in a traffic collision on Berry Hill Road in the early hours. In response to the death, the Bermuda Lifeguard Service suspends its duties to give the other lifeguards time to deal with the l...

August 4: The Senate agreed to reform the Corporations of Hamilton and St George. The reforms removed the property vote in elections and put much of the municipalities' revenues in the hands of government. Earlier in the summer the Corporation of Ham...

Haiti's devastating earthquake and the rising incidence of gun violence on the Island dominated the headlines for most of January. Six men were gunned down between May 2009 and January 2010 three in December in the space of 12 days. Kumi Harford, 30...

June was the month Government tried to get to grips with Bermuda's mounting gun violence by passing tougher laws. Thirty-four people had been shot since gang warfare erupted in Bermuda in May 2009 that number later rose to 42. Government passed thre...

“I am proud of my service. I am grateful for the camaraderie of these hallowed halls and for the working friendships it has allowed me to form. As I close this chapter in service to my country to looks of relief on the faces on the walls my regrets a...

Bermuda braced itself for the worst storm since Hurricane Fabian in 2003, but Hurricane Igor fizzled out on the Island’s doorstep. Days before the hurricane reached the Island, it was predicted to be a Category 3 monster 500 nautical miles wide with ...

July 1: Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) member Shannon Adderley decided to complete his military service and had his 18-inch ponytail cut off in preparation for attending Warwick Camp. July 1: Three men broke into a home on Wellington Point Lane ...

“Sooner or later the whole system is going to come crashing down.” Argus Insurance CEO Gerald Simons expresses fear over the rising cost of health care. “We are poor and need a break from it.” US couple Frances and Justin on their entry form for a ...