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Bermuda got a welcome break from a long banana drought after the first shipment since January hit the shelves yesterday. Residents have been limited to locally grown stock since invasive pests halted imports early in the year. Mealybugs, a type of sc...

The Bermuda Government is buying back up to $500 million of its bonds from investors and selling new debt. The move is part of the Government’s plan to restructure existing debt, with the aim of securing more favourable interest rates, and issuing ne...

Roland Hill, the importer who pulled off the island’s first shipment of bananas seen since January, got to look at the fruits of his labours today. Mr Hill, of J & J Produce, joined Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, with staff at the Departmen...

The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation is hosting a meet-and-greet event for students in its summer student entrepreneurship programme today. The event on the City Hall lawn will be an opportunity for the students to introduce their businesses ...

Entrepreneurs looking for loans could have less red tape to overcome after a partnership between the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation and the Bermuda Credit Union was announced yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, said that the link-up would h...

The Bermuda Monetary Authority recorded a budget deficit of $2.55 million last year, its third consecutive annual shortfall, and the seventh in the past decade. It has previously covered budget shortfalls from its general reserve, and last year the r...

Various aspects of culture are interwoven into a complex web of connections. The meshing of science with the capitalism ethos has been fundamental in shaping all democratic western societies. It has involved the wholesale adoption of science as “prog...

Do you recall who said that death and taxes are the only two certainties in life? I didn’t. But “Professor Google” set me straight — it was Benjamin Franklin. Writing a letter about the United States Constitution in 1789, he said: “Our new Constituti...

Robyn Bardgett thought knitting would be a breeze. She already knew how to crochet and she figured a book would teach her the rest. She soon found herself in a tangle. “This was in 2004 or 2005 before YouTube was really a thing,” she said. “Trying ...

A 5 per cent discount will continue three days a week at The MarketPlace until the end of September. The offering was put in place from Monday to Wednesday at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic but was due to end yesterday. Seth Stutzman, the pr...

Legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $600 million to $3.5 billion was approved by senators this morning. Independent senator James Jardine said of the Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act: “I understand the need to provide for that based on the ...

Legislation was passed by MPs on Friday to raise the debt ceiling by $600 million to $3.5 billion. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said he “reluctantly” increased the limit earlier to cover costs related to the Covid-19 pandemic. He told a...