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No fentanyl overdoses took place at the island’s prison, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, told MPs there was “nothing to substantiate” use of the drug. His comments came after Ben Smith, a One Be...

An Opposition proposal to set up a Cabinet sub-committee to pave the way for an education authority is irrelevant, the education minister has claimed. Diallo Rabain added that another suggestion for the introduction of an assistant director for maths...

The Minister of Finance is planning to introduce Civil Service payroll numbers to Budget Books so as to provide greater clarity on the size of the public sector. Curtis Dickinson admitted that an understanding of the figures used in recent years need...

Young people who get too old for the island’s care system could soon be supported by a halfway house to help them deal with the move into adulthood. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told MPs: “In the 2020-21 year, a transitional living regi...

Police are to get their smallest budget for nine years after a $4 million cut yesterday. Figures released as part of the Budget Statement showed that the amount allocated to the island’s law enforcers for 2020-21 was $61.8 million. The original and r...

A $1.9 million boost to spending on health will help treat people with mental health problems, it was revealed in the Budget yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, explained that the Ministry of Health budget was “among the few” that w...

Bermuda’s public education system has failed for decades to equip schoolchildren with the skills to qualify them for top jobs, economists have claimed. Peter Everson and Robert Stewart said the problem went back through at least six governments. Mr E...

David Burt, as Leader of the Opposition in 2016, referred to Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities to present a parallel to his “A Tale of Two Bermudas” in his Reply to the Throne Speech. He said: “While one Bermuda enjoys wealth, privilege and secu...

Residents highlighted greater support for the underprivileged, seniors and people with mental health problems as areas for improvement as The Royal Gazette hit the streets of Hamilton to canvass views on the Progressive Labour Party’s performance in ...

Successful entrepreneurship is the key to boosting Bermuda’s finances, an economist has claimed. Craig Simmons said that businesspeople were the drivers of economic growth and that they took on risk like “heroes”. The senior economics lecturer at Ber...