HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - The government-run Department of Tourism, which employs around 40 workers here and in New York, is to be abolished on October 1 as the new independent Tourism Authority gets ready to swing into action. Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell has travelled to the United States to de...

THE VALLEY, Anguilla, CMC – The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says it has assumed control of two indigenous banks in Anguilla noting the move is designed to ensure the stability of the banking system in the entire Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). ECCB Governor S...

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC –Former premier Michael Misick has denied reports that he is negotiating a plea bargain with British and American law enforcement authorities. Misick, who is in a Brazilian jail awaiting extradition to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), has dism...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jul 9, CMC - Premier Craig Cannonier has reiterated a warning that recovery for Bermuda's reeling economy, which has been in recession for more than four years, would take time and effort. Cannonier, made the statement in a televised address late Monday as he summed up the On...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Another ATR 72-600 aircraft has been received by LIAT. The 68-seater plane arrived in Antigua yesterday at 2:45 pm, a little over three weeks after the first one arrived at the VC Bird International Airport. Six more ATRs will be introduced into LIAT’s fleet an...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Premier Craig Cannonier has pledged to give St George's, Bermuda's second town, a facelift. On a recent fact finding tour, Cannonier, visited the town which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site,  to take a look at the town’s crumbling infrastructure. He ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Industry insiders believe old-fashioned attitudes about the lucrative gay marriage market are costing Bermuda millions of dollars in tourism revenue. They have warned that Bermuda is losing out as same-sex unions become the norm in the western world, the Bermuda Sun newspape...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Six employees from the Operations and Custody Departments at the Bank Butterfield have been made redundant and a further ten redundancies will be made in August. Senior Executive Vice President, Micahel Collins who made the announcement on Wednesday said there were three re...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- A Bermuda Regiment soldier absent without leave for seven years has been heavily fined after being caught on his return home from overseas, authorities said. The unnamed soldier -- one of around 100 men who have dodged their regiment duty -- was detained at the L.F. Wade ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Many people including tourists were left stranded Tuesday after unionised government staff downed tools to attend a meeting to discuss a new employment contract, disrupting bus and ferry service for several hours. The workers gathered at the Seventh-day Adventist Churc...