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The father of Bermuda’s Miss World winner has died. Edward Raymond Swainson was 88. His daughter, Gina, was crowned Miss World in 1979 having been first runner-up in the Miss Universe contest earlier that year. Mr Swainson grew up in St George’s and ...

The use of the term “boy” by a white man directed towards a black man is considered a racial insult both historically and in modern times. In Africa, the term “boy” was used as an insult towards black men and slaves by the colonisers. Blacks were vi...

After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s physical destruction multiplied its financial crisis. But at least one revenue generator is up and running: rum. On the western edge of San Juan Bay in a small town called Catano, a Bacardi Ltd distillery produces...

A summer life skills programme for young people with mental health problems aims to raise awareness and create positive change. A total of eight students took part in the second instalment of the teen life skills programme, which was designed to tea...

A disgraced former Bermuda teacher has again made headlines in Britain. The Daily Mail and The Sun published stories yesterday about Matthew McGowan’s marriage this summer to Aimee Bento, one of his former pupils at Warwick Academy. Mr McGowan, who t...

Dear Sir, I recently came across this photograph showing the recent development of one of the most pristine areas of the East End. I am sickened and saddened as a Bermudian to see my country being sold to developers. How can this pristine beach and...

The owners of the Bermuda Cleaning Limited have opened a janitorial supplies store located on Serpentine Road, Pembroke, where they now sell commercial grade products to the residential market. The Faries family has owned the cleaning business for ov...

Bermuda’s civil liberties watchdog called on the Government to ditch “reckless” plans to undermine human rights laws yesterday. A spokeswoman for the Human Rights Commission warned that watering down the supremacy of human rights legislation over imm...

Bermuda market companies are likely to pay out at least $25 billion to cover insured losses resulting from hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. That is the preliminary estimate of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers, which said today tha...

Wayne Furbert remains tight-lipped over the shake-up that led to him being named the new Junior Minister of Finance last week. Members of the Opposition, however, have been vocal in criticising the move. A media release on Sunday evening advised th...

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Tyler Butterfield is an athlete who does not particularly prescribe to the power of positive thinking. After 15 years as a professional, Butterfield is far more of a realist than an optimist and knows more than most that perfect preparations do not n...