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St George’s yesterday morning welcomed its first cruise ship visit of the year yesterday as the Seven Seas Navigator arrived at Penno’s Wharf. A spokeswoman for the Corporation of St George said the arrival was welcome, if long overdue. She said: “Th...

The recent Court of Appeal judgment upholding the Government’s plan to turn the corporations of Hamilton and St George into local authorities with appointed leadership was notable for two reasons. First, the appeal court judges asserted the supremac...

I did not read all 70 pages of the appeals judgment that supported the Government’s bid to abolish the Municipalities Act. It wasn’t necessary to do an exhaustive read on what the court upheld as the right of Parliament to remove the Corporation of H...

Plans to turn the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos look likely to go ahead after a Court of Appeal ruling

Municipal elections are to be delayed by a year after the House of Assembly backed a legal change. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, tabled an amendment to the Municipalities Act 1923 in the House of Assembly. He acted bec...

Businesses in ailing St George feel “abandoned” by the authorities as they struggle to reinvigorate the Unesco World Heritage Site

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...