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A decision by the US House of Representatives’ decision to reauthorise the National Flood Insurance Programme has been welcomed by the Risk Management Society. Rims has also urged the US Senate to do likewise before the programme’s expiration on Dece...

The gay rights debate continues in public and on social media, as the thorny subject of comparing the issue of same-sex marriage and gay rights to the Civil Rights Movement and the racism experienced by blacks over the centuries raises the ire of som...

David Burt, the Premier, feels that “a little bit of deregulation” and innovation are key to boosting tourism. Speaking yesterday at the Bermuda Tourism Summit 2017 at the Hamilton Princess Hotel, Mr Burt said: “We have a very ingrained psyche in Be...

Two men united by an unlikely bond of friendship and forgiveness have made their first international trip to share their story with Bermuda’s students. Jameel McGee and Andrew Collins are linked by spirituality, reconciliation and prison time. Both m...

Local umpire Alex Knight earned the highest mark of 97.5 per cent in the West Indies Cricket Umpires Association practical and oral examinations, finishing above 34 others. Knight, a Jamaican, has been umpiring in Bermuda for about five years. He wa...

Dear Sir, Bermuda, Nikki Bascome is still our champion. Muhammad Ali had five losses, Mike Tyson had six and, before turning pro, Floyd Mayweather Jr lost eight times. Champions celebrate adversity because it makes them grow. A loss is the stepping...

The island’s social climate and its impact on local sports will be among the items on the agenda at the Association of National Sport Governing Bodies general assembly meeting being held in collaboration with the Department of Youth, Sport and Social...

Men are five times more likely to be killed by homicide in Bermuda than the average from 44 developed countries, according to a new report. The statistic emerged this afternoon as Minister of Health Kim Wilson launched the second edition of Health i...

A Pembroke man caught with 1.99 grammes of cocaine has been fined $1,500. Dahlano Simons admitted having the drug on him at the Bermuda Bistro at the Beach in Pembroke on June 3. Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday that police approached the 29-yea...

Installation of a ticket and barrier system at Elliot Street car park will start on Monday. And the ground floor of Bull’s Head car park will be closed so the new main entrance and exit barrier islands can be built. Construction work at Elliot Stree...

Alternative capital lost roughly the same amount as traditional reinsurers from a series of third-quarter catastrophes. That is the view of ratings agency AM Best, whose own surveys indicate that reinsurers are facing net catastrophe losses totalling...

Under-fire gaming chief Alan Dunch has quit his post, days after the Government tabled legislation to oust him and place the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control. Mr Dunch told tourism minister Jamahl Simmons in a letter sent la...