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Bermuda’s trade surplus rose by $20 million to $248 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, but imports of goods and services dropped compared to the same October to December period in 2019. The current account surplus was the highest it has been sinc...

A policy to allow group business to return to Bermuda is close to completion, the Premier has said. David Burt added that the Government would work to bring group business back to bolster the tourism industry. Mr Burt said that the Government had fin...

People suffering hardship because of coronavirus pandemic can withdraw an extra $6,000 from their pension funds, the finance minister announced yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said he had “wrestled with the decision” to allow people another round of acc...

Joe Biden, the President of the United States, recently attacked Bermuda in his first speech at the joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021. He is now added to the long list of American presidents who have criticised our island for sheltering US ...

Rental rates have been slashed by the City of Hamilton to help reduce the financial strains faced by residents, community groups, small businesses and local charities caused by Covid-19. “Due to the limited capacity of social gatherings as per the Be...

Dear Sir, The following edited letter was sent originally to Richard Quinn, the manager of Cambridge Beaches. I worked in Bermuda for many years back in the early 1990s through 2000s. I worked with a local Bermudian there on several resorts and hote...

The inflation rate rose to 0.8 per cent in March. Commenting on the Consumer Price Index report for the month, Wayne Furbert, Minister for the Cabinet Office, said: “In March 2021 consumers paid 0.8 per cent more than they did in March 2020 for a bas...

Extra support to boost the struggling tour boat industry is being considered by the Government, it was revealed yesterday. Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said the Bermuda Tour Boat Association had approached the Government for help to tackl...

Bermuda is considering implementing a minimum wage. It should proceed with caution. Simple supply and demand would appear to dictate that if wages were increased, then this would lead to a fall in jobs as employers controlled rising costs by reducin...

The Registrar of Companies is launching the first phase of its new online company registry system next month. This new online registry coming into effect on June 7, will allow the public to view all corporate registers maintained by the Registrar of...

Bermuda’s economy was grossly flawed before the Covid-19 pandemic and, one year later, still reeling with the continued deadly toll that this disease has had to life and work, we are nothing short of broke. The Government cannot sustain further borr...

Dear Sir, Today’s front-page story in the newspaper (May 3, 2021) about the “Bermuda freedom car/bike rally” caught my attention. A few things bothered me. First, you failed to catch the not-so-disguised profanity on the young lady’s T-shirt. That d...