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A $7 million package of improvements to the Tynes Bay incinerator in the next financial year is just a fraction of the cost of the wish list for the ageing waste disposal centre, a minister said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public w...

Local businesses and service providers have been paid almost $75 million by government on behalf of people on financial assistance, And the Department of Financial Assistance’s payments to supermarket chains have been questioned by one of the island...

A bill of $5.3 million for unemployment benefits in just three months highlighted the economic impact of the latest coronavirus outbreak, the finance minister said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said benefits had been paid to 4,938 people since March an...

A 25 per cent rise in family cases in the courts and a 30 per cent spike in domestic abuse protection orders over the last year were probably sparked by the Covid pandemic, MPs have been told. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said there had ...

The Railway Trail bridge over Flatts Inlet is to get access ramps installed this spring, MPs heard yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, told the House of Assembly the Department of Parks continued to collaborate with ...

Ground will be broken on a $1 million plus shoreside fish processing plant this year, the Premier said last night. David Burt told the House of Assembly a $1.07 million grant was included in the budget for the Cabinet Office for the centre at Margina...

The popular annual seniors’ tea party has been called off this year, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Susan Jackson, an Opposition MP, highlighted its absence from the Ministry of Social Development and Seniors for the 2021-22 Budget. Tinée Fur...

A “road map” is to be drawn up to let the public track expenditure at the National Sports Centre, it was announced tonight. Tinnée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, revealed the extra oversight in response to an Opposition call...

A digital sales tax has been proposed by the Opposition to generate extra revenue. Cole Simons, the Leader of the Opposition, expanded over the weekend on his comments in his Reply to the Budget, delivered on Friday in the House of Assembly. Mr Simon...

Potential buyers have been lined up for the stalled Caroline Bay resort complex, the finance minister revealed yesterday. Curtis Dickinson added Gencom, the owners of the shuttered Fairmont Southampton Hotel, were still trying to raise money for the ...