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A proposal to put a bid in for the 2024 America’s Cup sailing competition was floated by the Opposition yesterday. Ben Smith, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, said the island’s role as host of the prestigious race series in 2017 had given Bermuda mass...

There has been a three-fold increase in the amount of goods imported into Bermuda because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Customs officials. Lucinda Pearman the Collector of Customs, said that residents were buying goods online from oversea...

The government should update details on spending habits so it can better calculate the rate of inflation, a top economist has said. Craig Simmons said that a consumer spending survey had not been conducted since 2013 – and that shopping habits had ch...

A Government minister remained tight-lipped when questioned about progress on several flagship projects. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister and also the acting public works minister, faced questions on the developments as he gave an update on...

A controversial government online shopping and shipping service is up and running. People can sign up for MyBermudaPost, created by the Post Office in a public-private partnership deal with US-based courier company MyUS, on the Government’s website. ...

Efforts to kick-start the economy through new industries have been questioned by the Opposition. Senator Marcus Jones, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on economic development, said farmers and fishermen should be drafted in to help set up a vertic...

“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.” - Margaret Thatcher One of the exciting things about Bermudian politics...

A popular East End restaurateur and tourism entrepreneur is cutting his staff of 36 by more than half next week as he anticipates depressing business in the first quarter of the year. While he is hoping to bring them back, The White Horse restaurant ...

Hurricane Larry swept past Bermuda but left the island largely undamaged. The hurricane packed sustained winds of 92mph and brought rough seas in its wake. September also saw the grim death toll of Covid-19 continue to climb as the number of active c...

As supply chain snarls cause inflation and delay shipments, many Americans worry that their holiday gifts won't arrive in time. Articles with titles like "How the delta variant stole Christmas" note the difficulties facing consumers, who have gotten ...

The finance minister yesterday insisted that price controls were unlikely to be introduced to combat inflation. Curtis Dickinson said that the Covid pandemic would continue to hit the economy, but that he did not expect next year’s Budget to be a “ha...

Bermudians will have to wait until next year’s Budget to see if changes to tariff regulations will have financial implications, the Senate was told yesterday. Adrianna Hodgson, junior finance minister, said amendments to laws bringing the island into...