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Decisions will be made on the future of the island’s oldest funeral home soon following an eight month period when it has not been able to take on new business

High-tech proposals for an environmentally safe alternative for burial of pets — the island’s first — are awaiting government approval. Bermudian engineer Philip Mason told The Royal Gazette that his plans for the “eco-friendly alternative to direct ...

Grieving families are having to put off memorial services for loved ones to a later date due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bermuda’s funeral directors said yesterday. While funeral homes have been granted essential service status by the Government, and c...

Funeral directors have adapted to the new normal so families can still mourn their loved ones despite restrictions imposed over the Covid-19 pandemic. Leon Amis, the owner of Amis Memorial Chapel in Warwick, said yesterday that funeral services would...

Walton Brown’s unswerving commitment to Bermudian independence brought a touch of humour to the sorrow of his loss. David Burt, the Premier, and former Progressive Labour Party minister and longstanding friend of Mr Brown’s Dale Butler told the congr...

The island’s first crematorium is up and running after more than three decades of planning and setbacks. The facility on Waller’s Point Road in St David’s has already undertaken more than a dozen cremations since it opened its doors at the end of Apr...

Bermuda’s first crematorium, located in St David’s, could be fully operational by April. Amis Memorial Chapel, which will run the facility, says that construction crews have made excellent progress since initial work began last August. Leon Amis told...

Work on the island’s first crematorium in St David’s has got under way with developers hoping the facility will be open in five months. Heavy machinery descended on the vacant land on Wallers Point Road, near the TCD centre, yesterday to begin landsc...

Planners have given the green light for a funeral home to build the Island’s first crematorium. Amis Memorial Chapel’s plans to erect the new facility in St David’s, on vacant land on Wallers Point Road, near the TCD centre, have been given formal ap...

A funeral home has launched another bid to build a crematorium in Bermuda. Amis Memorial Chapel has submitted a planning application to construction the building on Waller’s Point Road in St David’s close to the TCD centre. It’s the fourth time that...