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the people. Finance Minister Grant Gibbons said it was intended to shore up the second pillar of the economy -- tourism. And international business, subject to increases in company fees of up to six per cent but -- like domestic employers -- spared p...

A 49-year-old Pembroke man went to his ex-wife's home, asked her for a ride to his own home, and sexually assaulted her once he got her there, a Supreme Court jury was told yesterday. The man -- who cannot be named for legal reasons -- allegedly comm...

tomorrow's Budget. And he ailing tourism industry may be in line to get another shot in the arm in the last financial package before the General Election. But a touch of tenderness in dealing with the Island's social problems can also be expected -- ...

A story in Tuesday's paper incorrectly stated that PLP Hamilton East candidate Derrick Burgess ran for a seat in that constituency in the last General Election. Mr. Burgess did not. He ran in 1989 A doctor who once nominated ex-Opposition Hamilton E...

Bermuda looks set to avoid the Budget blues tomorrow in the last financial package before the General Election. But Chamber of Commerce president David Rowntree said Government needed to be leaner and cheaper -- which would leave room for tax breaks ...

Eleventh hour notice on topics for debate in the Upper House was last night slammed by top Opposition Senator Milton Scott. The Opposition Leader in the Senate hit out after being told only yesterday afternoon that today's new session will kick off w...

A total of four candidates will fight two crucial by-election battles in a fortnight's time. Pembroke West will see ex-Government Senate leader Gary Pitman take on developer Rodney Smith for the Progressive Labour Party. And in Hamilton East, Bermuda...

Bermuda's financial watchdog will contract out some of its new supervisory responsibilities rather than expand in-house, The Royal Gazette can reveal. And licensing of major institutions like banks will become the sole responsibility of the Bermuda M...

A front-page story in yesterday's paper incorrectly quoted National Liberal Party spokesman Graeme Outerbridge as stating that the party would support the removal of capital punishment on its own "with British arm-twisting''. It should have stated "w...

Gibbons said yesterday. And he added that -- in line with international regulations -- more power was set to pass the Bermuda Monetary Authority from the Ministry of Finance. Dr. Gibbons, fresh from a major economic summit in Davos, Switzerland, said...