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A bill extending the operating hours of cruise ship casinos was passed in the House of Assembly on Friday night. Currently, casinos on ships can only open between 9pm and 5am in Bermuda’s waters but the Cruise Ships (Casinos) Amendment Act passed yes...

More than half the cost of a new superyacht marina in St George will be met by the Government, the acting public works minister told MPs. Wayne Furbert said the Government would contribute $1.5 million of the $2.7 million needed to reconstruct a whar...

The island’s tourism industry continued to struggle in the third quarter of the year, the latest visitor figures reveal. The Bermuda Tourism Authority said there were just 30,516 leisure visitors to the island between July and September – down from 2...

A blueprint to boost the economy in ailing St George will be considered, the Government revealed in the Throne Speech yesterday. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, who delivered the speech on behalf of the Government, said the strategic plan would be “infor...

Blue chip names are prepared to invest in the redevelopment of the island’s biggest hotel, the finance minister said today. Curtis Dickinson said Gencom, the US-based owners of the Fairmont Southampton Hotel, had met Government representatives last m...

A historic church in St George has hit a “financial crisis point”, it was revealed yesterday. St Peter’s Church has suffered from a decline in the number of visitors and churchgoers because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected its income. A n...

A cruise ship has steered away from the island ahead of a scheduled visit next month due to the cost of Covid requirements. However, the Government said it expected a “close to normal” cruise ship schedule for 2022 based on early numbers. Carnival Cr...

Bermuda has lost its air link to the gateway city of Boston, Massachusetts, because of lack of demand during the off season, the transport minister said this morning. Lawrence Scott yesterday addressed the upcoming loss of JetBlue’s service to Boston...

A new restaurant and bars could be built on the site of a Somerset landmark. A planning application by property owner Sandys Holding Company said the firm wanted to partly demolish the former Somerset Country Squire – which shut its doors last year –...

An Opposition MP demanded answers from the Government yesterday on the future of a major hotel. Craig Cannonier, the shadow tourism minister, said the Government had a duty to reveal if the shuttered Elbow Beach hotel was on the market – and what act...