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Two business organisations have said they are broadly encouraged by the contents of today’s Throne Speech. John Wight, vice-president of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, in a statement, said: “The Throne Speech was well balanced, with a recognition t...

Business partnership laws are to be revamped to make sure Bermuda stays competitive. The Throne Speech explained that the changes would maintain the Island’s position as an offshore business leader. The speech, delivered by Governor George Fergusson ...

Surviving Second World War veterans marched on Front Street yesterday morning, as Bermuda honoured those lost in conflict. Large crowds also gathered outside the Cabinet Building despite blustery conditions to pay their respects, as did serving Royal...

A formal ceremony will take place at City Hall on Friday after the Convening of Parliament and Throne Speech. The Royal Bermuda Regiment (RBR), which is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary, will be granted the Freedom of the City to march thr...

The family of the late Olympic sailor Reid Kempe have raised $6,000 for the cancer care charity PALS. Mr Kempe passed away in August after a six-month battle with cancer. He had been hoping to celebrate his upcoming 65th birthday on a party bus but ...

Mount Saint Agnes Academy remembered Bermuda’s fallen heroes in an early Remembrance Day ceremony. While Remembrance Day is celebrated on November 11, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, school principal Sue Moench told students gather...

Six Columbus crabs have found a new home in the UK after travelling across the Atlantic Ocean on the back of a buoy. The crabs, which measure about half an inch in diameter, are thought to have come from the Sargasso Sea off the coast of Bermuda. P...

Age Concern has called on the Bermuda Government to show that it is in touch with the Island’s social issues as it prepares to deliver its fourth Throne Speech tomorrow. Claudette Fleming, the charity’s director, said that the “tone, intent and relev...

Tourism bosses have welcomed an increase in visitor arrivals for the third quarter of 2015. Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) CEO Bill Hanbury described the 5.6 per cent rise in cruise, yacht and air visitors between July and September compared with th...

The Minister of Economic Development’s trip to the America’s Cup World Series event in Sweden cost almost $4,000. Grant Gibbons, who has Cabinet responsibility for Bermuda’s America’s Cup preparations, travelled to Gothenburg for the event, which too...