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Minister of Tourism Development and Transport Shawn Crockwell recently welcomed a group of US base veterans, returning to the Island for a reunion. Mr Crockwell took part in a reception organised by US Consul General Robert Settje on Tuesday at the C...

A Bermuda business chief yesterday refused to capitalise on Caymanian woes over landing on a UK list of “high risk” countries for financial crime. The Caymans spent less than two months on the 95-strong list UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of pl...

The Cayman Islands, an important international business competitor for Bermuda, is expressing “consternation” that they have been included on a new list of high risk jurisdictions for financial crime. There are a total of 95 countries listed includin...

High-end tourism is driving economic growth in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), which received a BBB+/Stable/A-2 Sovereign credit rating from Standard & Poor’s (S&P), whose analysis highlighted the Caribbean nation’s hospitality industry. The nort...

Standard & Poor’s credit rating analysis of Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), a British Overseas Territory, was released yesterday and highlighted a prosperous economy and net general government asset position for the Caribbean country. The ratings age...

The Caribbean Journal is reporting that the recently-released 2012 World Bank data on tax revenue collected by central governments around the world, as a percentage of GDP points to the country in the Caribbean with the highest rate of revenue collec...

Celebrate Canada day this weekend with a trip to the beach and a barbecue. The Association of Canadians in Bermuda (ACIB) is hosting its 15th annual Canada Day beach party this Saturday at Warwick Long Bay. ACIB hosts the event each year to give Cana...

The Island’s Filipino community will mark the Philippines’ 116th Independence Day tomorrow with a mass officiated by visiting priest Carlos Macatangga. Father Macatangga described it as the first Filipino mass to be celebrated on the Island since the...

The diplomat at the centre of the UK takeover of the Turks and Caicos Islands amid a corruption scandal five years ago is heading to Bermuda to share his story, joining a top executive who was jailed over the Enron scandal. They both will be speakers...

The Royal Canadian Navy’s HMCS Montreal, currently docked on Front Street, has arrived in Bermuda after conducting sea trials. The trials are important for the Navy to ensure that ships work properly with new equipment, explained Lieutenant Jim Whorl...

On a more social and cultural plain we attended the Golden Elite Seniors Club’s special observance of May, as the country’s Heritage Month. The Golden Elites seized the opportunity to focus on the connection between Bermuda and the independent, two i...

Bermuda has so far donated close to $500,000 to the Philippines recovery effort in the wake of last year’s devastating Typhoon Haiyan. This includes $65,000 raised by ANCOP, or Answering the Cry of the Poor, and $60,000 from the Association of Filipi...