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A “public conversation” on cannabis reform will be held tonight by the Cannabis Reform Committee, with a four-person panel presenting on local and overseas perspectives. They will tackle such questions as whether Bermuda’s cannabis policies should be...

Bermuda seems to be in the early stages of an economic recovery, according to Minister of Finance Bob Richards “There seems to a nascent, fragile, embryonic recovery in Bermuda,” Mr Richards told hundreds of business people at the Fairmont Hamilton P...

Environmental charity Greenrock has backed a bid by Finance Minister Bob Richards to end power firm Belco’s monopoly and generate more power from renewable sources. Greenrock executive director Gordon Johnson said Government should encourage business...

Government slashed grants and contributions to a number of organisations in the recently unveiled 2014/15 Budget. According to the 2014/15 Budget, Government intends to spend $293.7 million in grants and contributions in the coming year — $23 million...

The final casualty of the War of 1812 was remembered in a ceremony in St George’s this weekend almost 200 years after his death. The annual Midshipman Dale ceremony, held on Saturday, marked the 199th anniversary of the American sailor’s death in St ...

Last week’s industrial action by Marine and Ports staff was “irregular and unlawful”, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy — but ferry workers will remain on strike this morning. Bermuda Industrial Union head Chris Furbert said that striki...

Single mother juggles pursing a Master’s Degree and raising a six-year-old daughter and her teenaged brother By Nadia Arandjelovic When Christia Swan became pregnant with her daughter, Sakairi, at age 19 her dreams of completing a university degree w...

Pembroke Hamilton Club has been given until the end of the month to pay off a $1.2 million loan from the Bermuda Industrial Union, club sources have revealed. In 2001, the BIU loaned PHC the monies to finance resurfacing of the playing field and inst...

The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Bermuda Hotel Association will this week host the 2014 Hospitality Career Fair at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. The Fair, scheduled to take place on Wednesday, is hoped to encourage qualified Bermudians to apply...

Decriminalisation of drugs would benefit Bermuda, but will not end the violence, according to US cop-turned-campaigner Jack Cole. Mr Cole, co-founder of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), is on the Island this week to speak with the public a...