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An attempt to boost small businesses will be revealed this morning in David Burt’s first Budget. Sources said that the Premier and Minister of Finance would announce a plan to make it easier for smaller companies to compete for government contracts. ...

A new international entertainment hub is to be created at Cross Island and Moresby House in the West End. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said that Savvy Entertainment Bermuda had taken over management of the former America...

A three-week period featuring the sale of Validus to AIG, a major profits warning from Aspen and reports that XL is in takeover talks with Allianz has placed the future of the Bermuda market front and centre. The corporate developments follow disappo...

Blake Horseman completed a clean sweep of victories in the latest Bermuda Karting Club race day at the Rubis Southside Raceway in St David’s last weekend. The young driver claimed all three heats in a competitive TAG Senior class including Scott “Ski...

BAA and Paget will meet for the second time in six days tomorrow night when the top two teams in the First Division battle for a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup. BAA, who replaced Paget at the top of the table after a 5-0 win, will be lookin...

The salary bill for David Burt’s two-member personal staff comes in at $227,000. Mr Burt, the Premier, said a total of four people were employed under the Premier and Opposition Leader Personal Staffs Act 1983. The information was revealed in resp...

A Hamilton car park and sections of the parking lanes on Front Street will be closed today because of road resurfacing work. A City of Hamilton spokeswoman said asphalting of the westbound parking lane between Parliament Street and Burnaby Street wou...

“No legal mechanism” exists to keep convicted sex offender Jonathan Cumberbatch in jail past his scheduled release date of February 21, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security. Mr Caines spoke yesterday after Cumberbatch’s releas...

A jury heard how a man struggled with his would-be shooter in the middle of the street after being targeted in a daylight attack. Another man ran into the fray, but prosecutor Carrington Mahoney alleged he was attempting to help the shooter. The gunm...

The time is “ripe” to form a mathematics education council, the shadow minister for education said yesterday. Cole Simons said: “This issue is far too important, and we must get it right.” On Wednesday, a report showed that public school students h...

Ravens will be looking to avenge their 2-0 defeat by Budgies last week as the sides clash again at the National Sports Centre this evening. In an even contest between the two traditional heavyweights of Bermuda field hockey last Friday, Budgies came ...