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The island’s tourism industry continued to struggle in the third quarter of the year, the latest visitor figures reveal. The Bermuda Tourism Authority said there were just 30,516 leisure visitors to the island between July and September – down from 2...

Private sector partners could be signed up to help pay for major government projects outlined in the Throne Speech, the finance minister has said. Curtis Dickinson added it was part of his job to help develop creative ways to fund the Government. He ...

More details on a plan for a new marina in St George’s are expected to be revealed in the House of Assembly tomorrow. Wayne Furbert, the acting Minister of Public Works, will give a statement on the project, mentioned in last week’s Throne Speech. Th...

Plans for the new session of Parliament could be hit by a lack of cash, a top economist warned last night. Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, added that last Friday’s Throne Speech lacked detail. Mr Simmons said the speech was “ambitious”. He...

A bid to get details of a controversial link-up between the Bermuda Post Office and a US private courier company has been stonewalled by the Government. The refusal came after Mailboxes Unlimited, a Bermuda courier company, challenged the deal, set u...

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...

Plans aimed at powering Bermuda out of the economic slump triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic were unveiled by the Government yesterday. The Throne Speech delivered by Governor Rena Lalgie on behalf of the ruling PLP administration focused on building...

The Throne Speech was as heavy on the rhetoric of solidarity as it was light on the details of recovery. It took Rena Lalgie, the Governor, 8,241 words to say not very much at all. Not her fault as, apart from a few thoughts of her own tacked on at t...

The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has questioned why a private accounting firm has been drafted in to oversee Government’s economic recovery plan. Marcus Jones, the shadow minister for economic development, also expressed concern that the plan appe...

An accounting and auditing heavyweight is to lead the Government’s economic recovery plan, the finance minister revealed yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said financial services firm KPMG had been selected as the project manager for the plan, outlined in ...

Two locations have been identified as possible sites for an offshore wind farm, according to an initial report. But further studies need to be carried out before it can be decided if the project to bring sustainable energy to the island is viable. Th...

International business has become the island’s largest employer, according to the latest job statistics. Civil Servants make up the second largest job category following an increase in employment in the sector in each of the past three years. But job...