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Legislation for the creation of an independent wage commission is to be tabled this morning in the House of Assembly. The proposed law will be based on the recommendations of a joint select committee that recommended the establishment of a minimum an...

Construction firms remain unpaid for their work on the stalled Caroline Bay hotel and homes development, two sources said yesterday. One contractor, who asked not to be named, said he had “heard nothing official and received no money”. The news came ...

The Ministry of Finance has been criticised for a refusal to release correspondence related to the airport development agreement. A Public Access to Information request was made for the exchange between Bob Richards, the One Bermuda Alliance former f...

Heritage Nights are to return to the Town of St George next week after a decade’s absence. Businesses, restaurants and historic sites will welcome visitors on Friday nights. George Dowling III, the Mayor of St George, said last night: “We took to re...

The Bermuda Farmers’ Market marked its summer break with a gift of two scholarships to a prospective lawyer and a would-be teacher. “High flyers” Mikayla Douglas, 19, was given $5,000 and Caleb Scott, 18, was awarded $2,500 at a ceremony at the final...

Young people who want social change should “try and convince people mentally and not physically”, one of the quiet heroes who ended segregation in theatres said yesterday. The Reverend Erskine Simmons, of Bright Temple African Methodist Episcopal Chu...

Bermuda should have an annual celebration of the anniversary of the Theatre Boycott, one of the activists who ended segregation in cinemas and other public places 60 years ago said yesterday. Vera Commissiong, one of the quiet heroes who campaigned a...

A programme to develop young potential has been awarded $25,000 by the Government. The Future Leaders of Bermuda summer programme gives students experience in topics ranging from leadership, poverty, violence, injustice, identity, privilege, and soci...

A former junior officer on a cargo ship that endured the “worst ever” voyage to Bermuda 60 years ago has returned to the island for the first time since his stormy trip. Terry Blake, 79, who revisited Bermuda last month, said the SS Ledbury arrived i...

A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at Blue Hole Hill Park this month. A police spokesman said yesterday that the man was in custody pending further inquiries. He added investigators still wanted to speak to witnes...