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I listened on social media to the most recent speech in the House of Assembly provided by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch last Friday. He offered a robust speech about a contract matter affecting us all — within the Ministry of Health, related to Covi...

Fifteen pieces of legislation will be up for debate in the House of Assembly today as Members of Parliament meet for the last time before the summer break. A Bill to raise the debt ceiling is among the items to be debated. If passed, the amendment to...

Prosecutors have lodged an appeal to seek a longer prison sentence for a sex offender. Chez Rogers, 20, was jailed on July 15 after he admitted he had unlawful carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl and lured her. The offences took place between Augu...

Most of the 62 Portuguese nationals who quit the island in a special repatriation flight this week left because they had lost their jobs — and many had “left for good”, the travel agent who arranged the flight said yesterday. Luisa Da Ponte, of Trip ...

Two years in as an artist, Dianni Culltar had his work accepted into the Bermuda National Gallery’s Biennial. He was thrilled, his parents were “stunned”; the 22-year-old discovered his artistry only after the degree he was pursuing in Canada “didn’t...

A veteran teacher and education official said yesterday she was disappointed but not embittered, after a court rejected her bid to overturn the appointment of the Commissioner of Education. Gina Tucker had argued that she was not given a fair opportu...

The French Ice Skating Federation have opted not to pursue action into an allegation of sexual abuse by French Olympic pairs skater Morgan Ciprès — skating partner of Bermudian Vanessa James. The five-person disciplinary committee met last week to de...

The leader of the island’s white-collar union hit back yesterday after a Cabinet minister attacked health ministry staff for a claimed attempt to bring down the scientist leading the fight against Covid-19. Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda...

A 25-year-old St George’s man accused of an attempted gun murder will spend at least two more weeks in custody after his bail application was delayed because his lawyer is overseas. Taaj Muhammad appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday and explained...

In racist America, we have seen a long history of voter suppression in many different forms for hundreds of years. In racist Bermuda, we have seen a long history of voter suppression in many different forms for hundreds of years. At one point in time...

An overgrown eyesore in a tight-knit neighbourhood is to be transformed into a community garden. The plot on Friswells Hill in Pembroke, owned by the Ball family, has been handed over free for three years so that area residents can grow crops. A mass...