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A proposed walk-in medical clinic in Hamilton has been refused planning permission by the Development Applications Board. However, Marico Thomas, chief executive officer of Bermuda Medical Specialties Group, said yesterday that the plans for the Heal...

A fisherman was left hungry and thirsty when he spent an unplanned night on the water after his boat broke down. The Department of Marine and Ports Services said the man had tried for nearly 24 hours to row ashore before he was rescued. A report of t...

On March 1, 2019, finance minister Curtis Dickinson provided the House of Assembly with a statement “Update on the Work of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission”. I was naturally interested in this update, as gaming is an amenity that can benefit our ...

Commuters have benefited from a 40 per cent boost in the number of buses on the roads, the transport minister said yesterday. Zane DeSilva explained that an improved maintenance schedule had increased the average number of in-service buses from 50 t...

Air-conditioned buses should be a must on longer public routes, a senior user of the service said yesterday. Elizabeth Adams, 71, said she was at her “wits end” over the failure to use AC-equipped buses on long runs. She said that the buses in use ...

Rainbows have appeared over Hamilton in the run-up to Bermuda’s first gay Pride parade. Front Street fixtures including Butterfield Bank and Flanagan’s Irish Pub have used rainbow colours to mark the parade, which takes place on August 31. Chris Garl...

Police are to launch a fresh blitz on drink-drivers with a series of roadside breath-test checkpoints at the end of the month. A notice published in the Official Gazette yesterday said checkpoints would be set up between Friday, August 30 and Monday,...

Eusebio Raynor doesn’t want much in life, just a job, money to spend and things of his own. Unfortunately, when potential employers find out the 28-year-old is paraplegic, and in a wheelchair, the doors slam shut. “A couple of people have said to me...

The Acting Minister of Health, the Hon. Neville Tyrrell, JP, MP has reiterated the Ministry of Health’s call for the public to review the proposals under the Bermuda Health Plan 2020. Calling the public input “essential” Minister Tyrrell today urged...

Bermudian Wendy King has been made the new public policy and regulatory affairs analyst at the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers. In addition, Suzanne Williams-Charles, director of policy and regulation, has been given additional respons...