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Curtis Dickinson told a business audience yesterday that he would have liked to have started from scratch with tax reform, rather than modify the existing code. In his maiden Budget Statement last Friday, Mr Dickinson introduced none of the new taxes...

This year’s Budget is the first in 16 years to be balanced, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt declared that the island’s debt was to fall “for the first time since 2003”, in a Budget that “reflects our vision, and clearly demonstrates fiscal dis...

A no-confidence vote in the senior managers of public schools was dismissed yesterday by the Minister of Education. Diallo Rabain backed Kalmar Richards, the Commissioner of Education, and Valerie Robinson-James, the permanent secretary at the minist...

Bermuda’s business leaders were overwhelmingly optimistic at the annual Bermuda Chamber of Commerce Budget breakfast. Attendee Zina Edwards Malcolm, called the 2019 Budget “a hell of a relief”. “I am quite relieved that there weren’t any major extra ...

The island’s newest soldiers fired their first shots on the firing range yesterday. The 25-strong group of recruits spent days learning safety procedures and the workings of the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s SA-80 rifles before they were allowed to open f...

Post offices will be closed tomorrow morning from 8am to 11.30am to accommodate a meeting of all staff, a spokeswoman has advised. Regular business is to resume at 11.30am. The Bermuda Post Office apologised for any inconvenience.

The teen organiser of a youth conference aimed at fostering constructive conversations over difficult topics hopes the message of tolerance will spread. Kate Tobin, a 15-year-old M5 student at Somersfield Academy, compiled a handbook of her January 1...

Supporters of the Bermuda End-to-End gathered with the family of the late Eugene Carmichael, one of the original organisers of the event, to commemorate a bench installed in his memory. The bench looks out over the Great Sound from the verge of the R...

A woman who has been giving blankets and pillows to the homeless said she will continue despite negative feedback. Lakeisha Burt, from Warwick, launched a project to help the needy after seeing her godmother with items she did not need about a month ...

Youngsters from across the island showed off their talents at an Evening Light Pentecostal Church youth event. Dancers, musicians and performers as young as 8 demonstrated their skills to the church community in the third annual “What’s Love Got to d...