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Elections for the island’s two municipalities have been postponed for a year, it was announced last night. Wayne Furbert, the acting Minister of Public Works, met representatives of the Corporations of Hamilton and St George yesterday to confirm the ...

More than half the cost of a new superyacht marina in St George will be met by the Government, the acting public works minister told MPs. Wayne Furbert said the Government would contribute $1.5 million of the $2.7 million needed to reconstruct a whar...

A blueprint to boost the economy in ailing St George will be considered, the Government revealed in the Throne Speech yesterday. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, who delivered the speech on behalf of the Government, said the strategic plan would be “infor...

The Corporation of Hamilton has lost a legal fight against legislation that would end municipal elections in favour of appointed leadership. While the municipality had argued the Municipalities Amendment Act 2019 was unconstitutional because it amoun...

I recall many years ago working with Eva Robinson and W.E. Rudolph Joell, who ran several times unsuccessfully for mayor. We had a "back of town" committee back in the Seventies. Of course, the issues then were what was deemed as unequal treatment of...

The legal battle over a bid to axe the Corporation of Hamilton wound up in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the Municipalities Reform Act – which would change the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos le...

St George’s has lost almost half the cruise ship visits booked for this year, the Mayor of the Olde Towne revealed yesterday. George Dowling III said there were 13 cruise calls listed for Penno’s Wharf in St George’s in the 2021 cruise schedule. Mr D...

The Corporation of St George is inviting expressions of interest for the rental of some or all of the space in the Queen’s Warehouse, the former home of the World Heritage Centre. Courtney Trott, town administrator, said: “We have had a few people co...

Two major cruise lines have made overtures for a return to Hamilton and St George’s, the Mayor of Hamilton revealed yesterday. Charles Gosling said he was told by a Government source that two companies, including the Disney Cruise Line, had “declare...

The St George Town Crier has had to put down his bell after he was let go by the Corporation of St George. But David Frith said yesterday he hoped to return to the post he had held for more than 15 years once tourists return in force to the East End....

An East End Christmas light show in the heart of St George is to go ahead despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The annual Christmas Lights Wonderland will be held in Somers Garden, although other traditional festive events in the Olde Towne have been cance...

An attraction that taught visitors about the significance of the Unesco World Heritage Site of St George has shut its doors after 14 years, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The World Heritage Centre, at Penno’s Wharf, was shuttered after years of finan...