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Businesses have branded the highly controversial Travel Authorisation Form “frustrating” amid calls for the charge to be scrapped. The comments by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce come after the Government admitted that the $40 fee to enter the countr...

The system used to gauge inflation will be updated next year as part of a ten-year cycle, the Labour and Economy Minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward also rejected suggestions that the basket of goods used to weigh price increases had not been chan...

The House of Assembly is set to return today with plans for the future of North East Hamilton. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, is expected to table the North East Hamilton Local Plan, which is intended to establish a framework for the Dep...

Failure by the Government to follow other Overseas Territories and declare a two-day public holiday to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee represents a missed opportunity to give workers a break, a leading union chief has said. Chris Furbert, head of t...

A Filipino support group called for unity and understanding within Bermuda’s Filipino community after the outcome of their homeland’s presidential election. Evelou Mosley, a founder of the Association of the Filipinos in Bermuda, said that it was “he...

Former premier Sir John Swan has spoken warmly about his meetings with the Queen as a huge banner to mark the monarch’s platinum jubilee was unveiled in Hamilton. Sir John, who resigned as head of government after voters rejected his push for indepen...

Revelations that the Government’s much criticised Travel Authorisation form is now a money-raising mechanism rather than an anti-Covid agent has intensified opposition demands for it to be scrapped. The One Bermuda Alliance has insisted the $40 char...

Problems with visa-free entry to the United States for Bermuda passport-holders were discussed during the visit of a senior British official to Bermuda. The Royal Gazette understands that Paul Candler, the director of the British Overseas Territ...

Calls for Travel Authorisation (TA) forms to be scrapped have been stepped up by the Opposition. Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister, said the measure was a deterrent for people seeking to come to the island. The One Bermuda Alliance MP raise...

A better-than-expected cruise ship season has resulted in about $4 million of tax revenue so far, the Minister of Transport said. Lawrence Scott told the House of Assembly that more than 45,000 cruise passengers have come to Bermuda this season. He s...