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Finance minister Bob Richards hit out at the Opposition’s economic track record at a press conference yesterday. He slammed the Progressive Labour Party for overspending its annual budget for five consecutive years, to the tune of $418 million, compa...

A vacant lot of land opposite from the former St David’s post office building will remain undeveloped. Francis Mussenden, CEO of the Bermuda Land Development Company Limited (BLDC), said the organisation was thankful for insight provided by the comm...

Two Bermudians trained under the Government’s Department of Workforce Development programme have been hired as fixers/welders for the airport project. Scotian Steelworks Ltd, a local partner in the redevelopment, have taken on Kieran Evans and Trista...

Bermudian lawyer Victoria Pearman has been elected as the new president of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association. Ms Pearman, who became Bermuda’s second Ombudsman in 2014, assumed the new Caribbean role on July 1 as part of a new Caroa Council. She sa...

The first group of security guards — 21 in all — have been presented with their level two door supervisor certification. The presentation took place last week with Minister of Home Affairs Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and the Minister of National Security...

Hamilton Princess and Beach Club will be hosting a careers fair for students next week. The event on July 13 is geared towards those looking for jobs in the hospitality and tourism industry next summer. “There has never been a better time to pursue ...

For Marquisha Douglas, it’s a challenge selling Bermuda in the summer months. The sales manager at the Fairmont Southampton has her eye on group bookings — anyone requiring eight rooms or more — and the peak costs can be a turn off. So when she exc...

The public consultation period on the draft National Fuels Sector Policy for Bermuda draws to a close on Friday, according to Grant Gibbons. The consultation period was opened by the Department of Energy on June 15, with the public invited to submit ...

Canadians took to the beach in force this weekend to celebrate their nation’s 150th birthday. The annual Canada Day Beach Party, organised by the Association of Canadians in Bermuda, drew a sizeable crowd to Warwick Long Bay on Saturday. In addition ...

Improvements to the beach area at Mangrove Bay aimed at preventing erosion have been approved by the Department of Planning. The application, submitted by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, proposed using a “geoweb” system to create a pair...

Alice Palmer, a prominent hospital volunteer, keen socialite and award-winning dancer, has died at the age of 96. Mrs Palmer was a dedicated head of the pink ladies from the Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda, and known to many for her long career at the...

Bermuda bid farewell yesterday to celebrated soldier and political commentator Larry Burchall. Mr Burchall, a former Regimental Sergeant Major, was laid to rest following a ceremony at the Wesley Methodist Church with Michael Dunkley, the Premier, ac...