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Environmental group Greenrock has blasted last week’s Budget, calling it “unsustainable and unimaginative”. Jonathan Starling, the charity’s executive director, praised an increase in funding for recycling and composting programmes, but the organisat...

The Bermuda Sloop Foundation has again taken to “piracy” to help raise funds for its educational programmes. This weekend, the foundation will host its Pirates of Bermuda fundraiser with notable members of the public having to raise donations or walk...

A Bermuda-based scientist is set address a select committee of the House of Commons tonight on the subject of ocean acidification. Nick Bates, Director of Research at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, will speak to the Science and Technology C...

Health minister Jeanne Atherden said the Ministry had made some difficult decisions to improve efficiency, but they would be able to make do with a smaller budget. Speaking at a press conference this morning, Ms Atherden noted that the budget for the...

A piece of the women’s suffrage movement in Bermuda is set to go under the hammer to support the Bermuda National Trust. The Trust’s annual Auction and Jumble Sale will feature a table from the collection of Gladys Morrell that played a role in givin...

The Senate has approved new legislation to enhance the powers of the Registrar of Companies. The Registrar of Companies (Compliance Measures) Act 2017, tabled by Senator Jeff Baron, is intended to help the island maintain its OECD rating. Mr Baron sa...

Bermuda could have a casino up and running in early 2018 if everything goes as planned, according to the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission. Richard Schuetz, executive director at the commission, said a strategic plan on gaming was being developed, inc...

Bermudian entrepreneurs are being invited to take part in CARIFESTA XIII Grand Market and Buyer’s Shopping Mall in Barbados. The event, to be held between August 19 and August 26, is described as the world’s largest gathering of Caribbean arts and cu...

Four Bermudians were honoured at the PLP’s annual Drum Major Awards for their contributions to the island. Marie Lilah Tucker, Lynette Harvey, Eldon Raynor and the late Allan Warner were each recognised in the event on Sunday, held as part of the par...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been given a boost in the budget, but the island’s hotels are set to lose concessions. Finance minister Bob Richards revealed that the Tourism Authority Grant will rise from $22.7 million to $25 million. However, he ...