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A sex offender jailed for 25 years for the rape of an elderly woman will be released from prison this week, it was revealed yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and legal affairs minister, said Heman Ledrew Viera, 52, was still consid...

Bermudian reinsurers have struggled for profitability over the past two years, but prospects are looking brighter in 2019, according to a top industry analyst. Taoufik Gharib, senior director of S&P Global Ratings, said data over the first three qua...

The mother of a man with psychiatric and drug problems called for sheltered housing options for people with mental illness. Carol Burrows, 65, added that mental health units on the island should be equipped to care for people who face more than one m...

Children have always been Ezra Turner’s inspiration. The bartender would tell them stories as they sat around at Coral Beach Club waiting for their parents’ tennis lessons to finish. Encouraged by their response, he decided to write the tales down a...

Police have seized ammunition and drugs in a raid on a house, it was revealed yesterday. The search at a Southampton house netted 20 rounds of ammunition, heroin, as well cannabis and cannabis resin. A police spokesman did not reveal the weight of th...

Proposed changes to healthcare coverage could breach the Constitution, a top island lawyer has claimed. Mark Diel, of law firm Marshall Diel & Myers, said that changes to Bermuda’s healthcare system could raise “serious issues”. He explained: “I thi...

An off-duty police officer suffered a vicious attack from a group of men as his horrified wife and eight-year-old daughter looked on. The policeman was kicked, beaten and struck with a scrambler motorcycle in front of his family at Clearwater Beach i...

Hospitality professionals have been invited to attend two informational workshops that will pave the way for a new tourism education programme in Bermuda’s primary and middle schools. Bermuda Tourism Authority is hosting the workshop twice at the Ham...

Legislation to draw a legal line between cannabis and hemp has been passed by the House of Assembly. The Misuse of Drugs (Hemp) Amendment Act 2019 amended the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 to create a distinction between cannabis and hemp to allow for th...

An attack on an off-duty police officer by young men riding scrambler motorcycles has been condemned by the Bermuda Motocross Club. The BMC statement said the incident at 4.30pm on Monday, in the parking lot at Clearwater Beach in St George’s, was “n...

Visitor industry entrepreneurs have been encouraged to attend the “Inspire Bermuda” event taking place on Friday and Saturday at the Fairmont Southampton resort. The event, which brings together multicultural creatives and entrepreneurs from the Unit...

The Department of Education is pleased to announce the following registration dates: School Levels Dates Application Available Senior School Registration November 12th, 13th and 14th, 2019 November 7th, 2019 Preschool Registration November 26th, 27...