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A teacher who was on board the Spirit of Bermuda has commended the crew after the sloop carrying 17 schoolboys ended up having to be rescued when it lost power off St George. “They kept us safe in a very dangerous situation,” said Jason Wade, the hea...

Bermuda-based Qatar Re now accounts for half of the Qatar Insurance Company’s (QIC) total premium income after its reinsurance premiums rose 116 per cent during 2015. Announcing its full year results, QIC reported a consolidated net profit of $292 mi...

Bermuda’s ailing taxi industry could be revitalised by the introduction of electric-powered cabs, a representative has claimed. Leopold Kuchler, the former president of the Bermuda Taxi Operators Association, said drivers were working up to 16 hours...

Being in this year’s school production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has been amazing; every time we rehearse on the stage I get a rush of excitement at what goes on around me. There’s much to think about when doing this play; there are a lot of rehears...

A suspected bank robber was wet and wearing swimming shorts when stopped by police shortly after the raid, an officer told jurors yesterday. Police constable Daniel Cole, of the armed response unit, told the Supreme Court he spoke to Gregory Tucker c...

It’s a fact: the average mom is neither “perky” nor “enthusiastic” 24/7. Bills, housework and other responsibilities sometimes take away the fun — and that’s where people like Jeanne Bean step in. The 52-year-old signed up with Big Brothers Big Siste...

Bermuda-based insurance group Armour has bought into a London Sharia-compliant insurance and reinsurance company. Armour has invested in Cobalt Insurance and the firm’s Sean Dalton has joined the London company’s board as a non-executive director. Co...

Diallo Rabain and Andrew Simons, the two candidates running to represent Devonshire North Central, have taken the last plunge by submitting their nominations. No other hopefuls threw their hats in the ring yesterday at the polling both at the Nationa...

Dear Sir, Is classicism colourless? Many years ago, two of my elder first cousins while in university were busy behind their printing machines in Canada producing materials for the 1959 Theatre Boycott. A few years later, the younger of the two emerg...

A tugboat crew braved six-foot swells and 40-knot gusts to secure tow lines to the stricken Spirit of Bermuda and bring her safely back to shore. Faithful rushed to the aid of the sloop, which was taking a group of schoolchildren to St George, after ...

Matthew Oliveira was speeding along at 25mph when he somehow crashed into a closed gate. He suffered severe bruising and minor internal bleeding in the fall, but insisted on getting back on his bike. He was, after all, in the middle of a race for cha...

A man suffered shoulder and hand injuries when he was stabbed in his home in St George’s on Tuesday. Police say an unknown male suspect carried out the attack in Wellington Slip Road, at about 1pm. The 21-year-old victim was taken to King Edward VII ...