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He started out as Hamilton’s somewhat unconventional, unofficial greeter and ended up becoming Bermuda’s goodwill ambassador to the world. The windmilling waves to early-morning commuters, the beaming smiles and the heartfelt cries of “Good morning!”...

Bermuda has bid farewell to Johnny Barnes with a regal funeral in tribute to “Mr Happy”, an ambassador for the island known worldwide. Bermuda Institute schoolchildren lined roadsides around his customary place at Crow Lane to cheer his funeral proce...

Parliamentarians and senators have paid tribute to Johnny Barnes, who died in the early hours of last Saturday at the age of 93. In the House of Assembly yesterday, several MPs rose to express their condolences to Mr Barnes’s family as well as share ...

Johnny Barnes’s final wish was that Bermuda “share love and kindness with each other”. Mr Barnes’s widow, Belvina, yesterday revealed the Bermuda icon’s farewell message to the island, which he composed before he passed away. In his message to “the ...

The local and global community has been mourning the loss of Bermuda’s own Mr Happy — Johnny Barnes who died in the early hours of Saturday morning at the age of 93 Mr Barnes, who was famed for bringing cheer to locals and visitors, died at the King ...

An Opposition MP is urging the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission to disclose full details about an alleged visit to the island by struggling Las Vegas-based casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Zane DeSilva, former Minister of Tourism, s...

Public Accounts Committee member Jeff Sousa has criticised Zane DeSilva for failing to “acknowledge mistakes” with the Port Royal Golf Course. Mr Sousa expressed his disappointment that the Progressive Labour Party MP used his appearance at the PAC ...

Progressive Labour Party MP Zane DeSilva delivered a spirited defence of his links to the Port Royal Golf Course development at the latest meeting of the Public Accounts Committee. “There’s no doubt in my mind that we have got value for money,” Mr De...

Scared of debt? Don’t be, says Progressive Labour Party MP Zane DeSilva. “Good debt” can help people attain the dream of home ownership, he added. His comments came yesterday evening as he coached the community in matters of personal finance. ...

A public meeting on money management and home ownership is being held tonight at Heron Bay School. Zane DeSilva, the Progressive Labour Party MP for Southampton East, said many Bermudians considered owning their own house to be “an unobtainable goal”...

Delegates from a Bermuda church will visit Philadelphia next summer for a 200th anniversary celebration. Zane DeSilva, the Progressive Labour Party MP, and his wife Joanne donated $5,000 to the African Methodist Episcopal church and are now encouragi...

The Government should prioritise tackling Bermuda’s sky-high obesity rates over curbing its tobacco use, according to former Minister of Health Zane DeSilva. However, the Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment responded by insisting that it was...