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A Supreme Court judge hit out yesterday at controversial comments made by a defence lawyer as she jailed his client for 18 months. Chez Rogers, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he lured and had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl ...

The blockbuster Supreme Court term that just ended was a (nearly) unmitigated disaster for movement conservatives. Chief Justice John Roberts declined to overturn precedent on abortion rights. Conservative activist Justice Neil Gorsuch showed he woul...

I write to you to express my anger and confusion over Charles Richardson’s statement in court this past week; namely that his 20-year-old client should be treated lightly for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old because “it has become sport for young ...

A suspended police officer could face a criminal investigation over a social-media post made just before a march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, the Commissioner of Police said yesterday. Stephen Corbishley vowed not to “brush things u...

Cabinet appointments to the national security and tourism and transport portfolios will go ahead today. The replacements for Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva, who both quit Cabinet last week over a public breach of Covid-19 health restrictions, were exp...

Superyachts are setting course to Bermuda as a safe haven during the Covid-19 crisis, the owner of ships’ chandlers Bermuda Yacht Services said yesterday. Mark Soares added: “This is not our normal season for superyachts, most would be in the Med at ...

Camping over the Cup Match weekend will be allowed to go ahead after a change in Covid-19 regulations this week. The relaxation meant that people can stay overnight in tents, as long as they do not leave the campsite between midnight and 5am, except ...

Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Secretary, has welcomed Bermuda’s commitment to make its companies beneficial ownership register public as a step to improve global transparency. In an update to the British Parliament yesterday, Mr Raab said the isl...

A man has been charged in connection with the death of a former football team manager. It was alleged that Tyshaun Brown unlawfully killed Amon Brown in Warwick on July 8, in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The 26-year-old did not enter a plea because ...

Hearteningly, it seems that many Bermudians disapprove of the comments made by Charles Richardson last Friday. It is encouraging to see so many speaking out against his behaviour. However, it seems as though many more either do not understand the iss...

A man was accused yesterday of an attempted gun murder. It was alleged in Magistrates’ Court that Taaj Muhammad attempted “unlawfully to cause the death of” Kenneth Wade on June 13. He was also charged with using a firearm in an indictable offence. M...

The Government has made it mandatory that visitors to the island have a clear pre-departure coronavirus test if they are travelling from a country with community transmission of Covid-19. Officials said if they did not have a clear result, they would...