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Government intends to pay back $210 million of public debt by 2016 by apparently almost emptying the Sinking Fund. Premier Paula Cox told the House of Assembly on Friday that the fund - established for the purpose of paying down Government debt - was...

Government has announced plans to build a Bermuda specific model for all future economic forecasting after having missed badly with its growth predictions for 2010. The report, which was released last month, revealed that the Island’s gross domestic ...

Importing foreign newspapers into Bermuda is “no longer a viable commercial proposition” Premier Paula Cox told MPs yesterday, as she proposed customs relief for those who want to print them here instead. The Finance Minister introduced measures to m...

Premier Paula Cox admitted yesterday it was “an embarrassment” that the Department of Financial Assistance spent almost $10 million more than its $25 million budget for this fiscal year. The Finance Minister was responding to harsh criticism in the H...

The Countess of Wessex visited the staff and students of the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy yesterday afternoon. She and her husband, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, arrived on the Island Wednesday night, and are scheduled to leave Bermuda on a f...

Yesterday’s visit by the Earl and Countess of Wessex culminated in a thunderous cheer from students at the Berkeley Institute. The Royal Couple’s visit to the Island was in support of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. Following the morning award ce...

Bermuda College students will be required to pay for courses starting this autumn. College president Duranda Greene yesterday told students the tuition structure would change although details have yet to be finalised. Students now attend the college ...

The Earl of Wessex began his whirl-wind tour of the Island yesterday by meeting with ten Duke of Edinburgh Gold award recipients. Prince Edward, a trustee of the D of E Award Foundation, was accompanied by his wife the Countess of Wessex at the firs...