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A statue of Sir George Somers has been unveiled in his British hometown of Lyme Regis to celebrate the anniversary of the town’s twinning with St George. The bronze statue, donated by the twinning association chairman Bob McHardy along with other mem...

St George’s MP Kenneth Bascome has reiterated his support for the proposed St Regis hotel in St George’s, calling on the public to embrace the initiative. And while the redevelopment of the St George’s golf course may not be a part of the project’s f...

Designs for the highly anticipated St Regis hotel in the East End are now before the Department of Planning. Building the 122-key St George’s resort is expected to take three years, as part of the development’s first phase. Assuming that a licence is...

A venerable ocean research vessel docks this morning at the East End: the Canadian Coast Guard’s Hudson is making its last call on the island. The St George’s visit is part of the 53-year-old ship’s first stretch of an oceanographic trip from Halifax...

A 50 year-old St George’s man has denied impregnating an underage girl. In Magistrates’ Court this morning, the defendant — who cannot be named for legal reasons — pleaded not guilty to sexual assault on a female under 16 years-old between March 1 an...

Is it going to rain tomorrow? Tourists constantly ask Alfred Wright that question. His standard response is to stick his finger up as if testing the air, before pronouncing solemnly: there’s a probability. People usually take his word for it. “For t...

The Bermuda Government has unveiled plans to introduce a more efficient and sustainable water system throughout St George’s. Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, announced that a $225,000 study to look into the longstanding issue had begun ...

Replacing the crumbling Swing Bridge with a hydraulic counterpart could provide a “50-year fix”, Craig Cannonier suggested last night at a town hall meeting in St George. “I am very much in favour of a hydraulic bridge,” the Minister of Public Works ...

A tradition dating back to 1849 — the Blessing of the Boats — took place this morning at the Chapel of Ease dock in St George’s Harbour. The Right Rev Nicholas Dill, Bishop of Bermuda, and the Rev David Raths conducted the blessing after being rowed...

The rusted building materials by the St George’s swing bridge are a “precautionary measure” while strengthening work takes place, the Ministry of Public Works has said. A spokeswoman added that although the Bailey bridge materials were originally in...

Building materials intended to fix the St George’s swing bridge have rusted after sitting outside for five months, The Royal Gazette has discovered. Dennis Lister, the Shadow Minister of Public Works, called the matter “symptomatic of the Government’...

A St George’s man has denied carrying a machete along Water Street on Friday and threatening another man’s life. John Dacosta, 58, is alleged to have told Gerald Dillas: “(I) am gonna chop you. I hate you and I wanted to kill you a long time ago. I ...