The owners of a company that was poised to make tens of millions of dollars from a controversial casinos deal with the Government are now involved in a deal that will lead to the purchase of a Bermuda bank.
Bermudian businessmen John Tartaglia and Mi...
West End Development Corporation is again looking for “ambassadors” to welcome Dockyard guests and make sure they enjoy their time in the former naval base.
The ambassador programme was launched in 2017 to positive reviews from guests and the quango....
DATE: Feb 05, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will find it hard to promote itself as a “sparklingly clean” gambling jurisdiction if the industry regulator is not upfront about its own finances, overseas experts have warned.
Gene Johnson, a gaming consultant, told The Royal Gazette that a...
DATE: Feb 02, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The Opposition leader demanded answers last night from health minister Kim Wilson on the “shock” firing of the Bermuda Health Council’s chief executive.
Craig Cannonier said details of how Tawanna Wedderburn was sacked without warning last month, rev...
The island’s gambling regulator splashed out almost $600,000 on legal services over the past two years, it was revealed yesterday.
The figure was reported as the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission published details in the Official Gazette of all the co...
DATE: Jan 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
Natural disaster losses cost the world $225 billion last year and the insurance industry picked up about $90 billion of the tab.
Aon’s Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight report for 2018 found last year was the third year in a row to top the $20...
When Lisa Yttri was told that she needed to have one of the muscles of her quadriceps removed because of cancer, she told the oncologist that was a bad thing for a runner to hear.
She asked him: “Will I ever run again? I have a bucket list.”
The onco...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Running-Triathlon | AUTHOR: Scott Neil
Under normal conditions I would not write successive opinions on the same subject, but I feel it necessary at this time. Last Wednesday, I threw a “small stone” in an effort to draw attention to the Economic Substance Act 2018, which was recently pas...
DATE: Jan 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Vic Ball
Digital asset services firm Bittreo plans to move its operations to Bermuda, according to David Burt’s Twitter account.
The company was founded in 2017 in Canada and was originally known as Vancouver Bitcoin, a retail cryptocurrency brokerage.
Bittre...
DATE: Jan 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: International Business |
The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board has taken a three-month break on medical grounds.
Venetta Symonds has been off work since December 15 and is expected to return on March 18.
Michael Richmond, the board’s chief of staff, is acting CE...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
