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...

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...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- Bermuda, Britain's most populous Overseas Territory (OT), is to get a female Deputy Governor who has served in the Pitcairn Islands, Britain's smallest OT, Government House announced on Thursday. Governor George Fergusson announced career diplomat Ginny Silva will ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- The six-month-old One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government has been accused of "sheer hardheadedness" by an independent legislator after it lost three votes in the last two parliamentary sittings. Former leader of the now defunct United Bermuda Party (UBP), Kim Swan, says gove...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- Finance Minister Bob Richards announced on Thursday that his One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government is to borrow up to US$800 million to cover budget deficits for the next three years. Richards told the media that borrowing for the medium term in the current low interest ra...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Premier Craig Cannonier has ruled out gay marriage in Bermuda, declaring “under my leadership, that will not happen”. Cannonier, 50, who came to office in December, praised lawmakers for backing an amendment to human rights law in the House of Assembly last Frid...