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Complaints over a $5 post office fee on non-dutiable packages have been listened to by Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office. Yesterday, Mr Furbert said he had contacted the Bermuda Post Office to request that “this fee not be charged on...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, expressed “complete shock and disgust” after trash collection workers found human waste in garbage bags placed out for collection on Tuesday. Colonel Burch said: “We are having increasing ...

Plans for a broader, cheaper standard health coverage package to encompass all the island’s residents were given a cautious welcome yesterday. Charles Jeffers, the deputy chairman of the seniors advocates Age Concern, called a proposal to revamp the ...

Two government agencies have been ordered to draw up a complete list of public grants handed to a failed sports centre. The checks by the Ministry of Finance and the Accountant-General’s Department must include the paper trail behind a double grant m...

An endangered species of snail saved from extinction by a breeding programme has been released into the wild. More than 11,000 greater Bermuda land snails, bred at a British zoo, have been given a new home on Morgan’s Island, which is owned by the Be...

“Demoralised” police were considering their options last night after a further delay in negotiations with the Government on pay and conditions, their representative body said. Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, ...

A former chief inspector in the Bermuda Police Service dubbed a “legend” by colleagues has died. Gerald James, known as Gerry, was 87. Mr James joined what was then the Bermuda Police Force in 1960 and served in roles including Pembroke Parish Consta...

British workers contracted for Belco’s North Power Station downed tools on Saturday after a delay in their paycheques. Last night a spokesman for Belco’s parent company Ascendant Group said that the contractors’ payroll was delayed through their UK-b...

A homeless man who messaged death threats to David Burt and his family has had his sentencing postponed at the Supreme Court. Jared Gordon, 30, has pleaded guilty to sending the threats to the Premier in e-mails in 2017 and 2018. The messages include...

The Bermuda Police Association has accused the Government of “ill feelings” in its employment negotiations. In a statement sent out this evening, Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the BPA, said the Government’s refusal to honour a partial agr...