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An attempt to claw back $11 million of government cash handed out to construction firms unpaid by the developers of the stalled Caroline Bay resort will be made, the finance minister has vowed. However, contractors said the compensation had not paid ...

Christmas cheer carried over into January as the Pembroke Rotary Club announced the winners of the 2019 Christmas Essay Competition. The annual contest has run for the past four years, and is open to both public and private schools at the primary, mi...

The sugar tax, imposed on October 1, 2018, collected $5,402,000 by December 1, 2019. The extra duty on sugary foods and drinks, aimed at reducing diabetes and obesity, was raised to 75 per cent in April last year, with the revenue to be used for heal...

Somers Day is to be renamed Mary Prince Day after a once enslaved Bermudian who became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain. The legislation, which was tabled yesterday, will also move the Bermuda Day holiday from the last Friday in May to ...

A group designed to boost business development was announced in the House of Assembly yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, told MPs that Cabinet has approved the creation of an Economic Development Department. Mr Burt said: “Bermuda is at an economic ...

A man seen with a knife on his person yesterday in the Washington Mall is being sought by police. A police spokesman said a group of males entered the mall at 4.15pm, with one walking with a cane and carrying what appeared to be a six-inch knife. The...

Customs duty breaks and other suggested lifelines for the island’s struggling retail sector seem to “fall on deaf ears”, a retail head said yesterday. Lorraine Shailer, cochairwoman of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s retail division, said the Minis...

Legislation covering Bermuda for the UK’s departure from the European Union will go before legislators as MPs return to the House of Assembly today. David Burt, the Premier, will table the EU Withdrawal Act 2020, switching references to the EU with “...

A picture flaw affecting local TV stations is the subject of talks between the Bermuda Broadcasting Company and One Communications. The Royal Gazette has fielded complaints from viewers over the black border that reduces screen size on channels ZBM-9...

The British exit from the EU tomorrow will be marked with an open house pan-European “table for Europe” meal organised by an Anglican priest. The UK’s departure from the EU, dubbed Brexit, will happen at 7pm Bermuda time. Anthony Pettit, the parish p...