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A water-quality testing programme has started at the island’s most popular beaches. Environmental health officers started the annual check programme last month. A Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Testing started on April 1 and monthly updates ...

Britain learnt lessons from its much criticised 2017 Caribbean hurricane response and is better prepared for the next storm season, the Minister for the Overseas Territories has promised. Lord Ahmad suffered a baptism of fire in his first year in the...

A homeless man charged with an assault on a woman and abusive behaviour was remanded in custody yesterday while his fitness to enter a plea is examined. Junior Ming, known as “Scientist”, pleaded guilty to the offences. However, he will undergo a men...

The switch from the existing terminal to the new one at LF Wade International Airport will happen overnight. It is a daunting logistical challenge, and even though the change over is more than a year away, major planning is under way. Construction of...

The owners of the Fairmont Southampton confirmed yesterday that they are in talks with a potential buyer. Kiaran MacDonald, the resort’s general manager, said: “The hotel has been actively up for sale for quite some time. We are in advanced discussio...

I was listening the other day to John Livesay’s podcast with Erik Qualman. It’s a great episode on how to be a business leader in a world now consumed by technology, social media and hyper-connected devices. In the conversation he discusses how Howar...

Timothy Gasaatura has joined Langhorne Re Bermuda as chief actuary. The company is the Bermudian-domiciled underwriting platform of Langhorne Re, which targets large, in-force life and annuity blocks. Mr Gasaatura joins Langhorne Re from AIG Bermuda...

Chubb Limited has reported first-quarter net income of $1.04 billion, or $2.25 per share, down from $1.08 billion, or $2.30 per share, a year ago. Adjusted for non-recurring costs, its core operating income was $1.17 billion, or $2.54 per share, an i...

Some internet and mobile services in Bermuda were yesterday hit by an outage at a third party network provider based in New York City. Residential and corporate customers in Bermuda felt the impact through temporarily lost internet access, or difficu...

Bermuda’s police helped to snare a man who raped a 15-year-old boy on a cruise ship berthed in Dockyard. Adam Boyd, from Mississippi, has admitted the offence in a US courtroom and will be sentenced this year. Boyd, 32, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse...

George Dowling III has promised fresh ideas to revitalise the town and community of St George if elected as mayor. Mr Dowling, who will go head-to-head with Kenneth Bascome in a municipal election on May 9, said that even if the Government replaced t...

Shares of Argus Group Holdings Ltd fell by 20 cents, or 5.8 per cent, to $3.25 after 140,000 traded on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index. Meanwhile, on the New York Stock Exchange, shares of Butterfield Bank were down 37 cents, or 0.92 per cent, at $39.65....