A momentous occasion for an island with a jealously guarded business reputation came before Bermuda’s lawmakers in December with the approval of the Corporate Income Tax Act. Scheduled to come into force in 2025, the…
November saw two cases regarding high-profile deaths proceed in the courts. The trial of Kamal Worrell, a former lawyer, started on November 17 and saw him charged with murdering the mother of his child, Chavelle…
A dispute over a chicken coop made headlines after a farmer was warned by the Government that his lease would be terminated. Malachi Symonds had leased and cleared a government-owned plot of land across the…
The reverberations from a crippling cyberattack that struck at the “very heart of public services” in Bermuda in mid-September were still being felt as 2023 drew to a close. The hackers infiltrated the Government’s IT…
Tourism, hospitality and construction workers may have started the year with “the deal has been done” ringing in their ears as they looked towards the much anticipated revival of the Fairmont Southampton. It took until…
August brought about a change in the political landscape after Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, announced his retirement from public life. The veteran MP, 71, who had represented Smith’s South for 25 years,…
David Burt revealed that the Government would re-evaluate the scoring process that was used to determine which primary schools should close as part of its education reform plans. The Premier, along with Diallo Rabain, the…