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Repairs at Darrell’s Wharf and the railings at Flatts Bridge are to be awarded to contractors next week. Other “shovel ready” infrastructure works put out for quotes under the Government’s stimulus programme are works on Artemis buildings, highway fe...

The Cabinet Office has refused to release records about a loan of $800,000 to an exempt entertainment company because of a police investigation. Marc Telemaque, the Cabinet Secretary, wrote to The Royal Gazette yesterday to say there would be no dis...

Bermuda might redefine its relationship with Britain in the future – but an alteration to the link with the UK is “not an issue for now”, the Premier has said. David Burt tackled the topic of going it alone in an interview with business publication T...

Cruise companies have expressed interest in the ’homeporting’ of ships in Bermuda, the transport minister Lawrence Scott told the House of Assembly yesterday. The minister said that there had been interest from a “small luxury line” drawn by the isla...

Customs duty breaks for some businesses have been approved in the House of Assembly. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the Customs Tariff Amendment Act 2021 would allow the minister to give zero or cut rates of duty for businesses ruled to...

An economic recovery plan for Bermuda will include high-earning new industries such as medical tourism, vertical farming and residential schemes, MPs heard this morning. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, added the casino industry, sub-sea commu...

The Government yesterday proposed a law to outlaw “revenge porn” – the use of social media to spread intimate sexual images. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said the practice was “a new form of technology-facilitated abuse” which humiliated...

A Progressive Labour Party backbencher championed women and seniors in her maiden speech in the House of Assembly. Ianthia Simmons-Wade, the MP for Warwick North East, said she was speaking not only in her political role but as her role as a “black s...

A change to allow short term residents to rent some vacation rental homes for longer periods has been approved by the House of Assembly. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the Rent Increases (Domestic Premises) Control Temporary Amendme...

Kenneth Richardson, the island’s first Black Cabinet Secretary who served in the role from 1984 to 1993, has died at 82. Mr Richardson, who had to step down as top civil servant for health reasons, was recalled by Sir John Swan, a former Premier, as ...