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Increases are planned for mandatory health insurance premiums in line with “current market realities”, legislators heard yesterday in the House of Assembly. The higher rates will support extra prescription drug benefits and a health programme for uni...

A “new course” for the Department of Financial Assistance will include a push to get able-bodied unemployed back to work and strengthening support for the disabled. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, spoke in the House of Assembly today as he tabled...

Bermuda’s Covid-19 have shot to more than 500, quadrupling in weeks with more than 20 people now in hospital and five in intensive care. David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly the island’s unvaccinated were bearing the brunt of the new s...

Legislation for long-term residents to obtain permanent residency in Bermuda was today tabled in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said the Government was “acutely aware” of the sensitivity of immigration reform. He reference...

Irresponsible behaviour during the pandemic is putting children’s education at risk MPs heard. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, also poke in the House of Assembly on the “tough decision” for public schools to pivot to remote learning for the fi...

Residents who unknowingly harbour invasive species on their property will not be targeted under legislation tabled in the House of Assembly to curb the spread of pests on the island. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, said the Invasive Alien Speci...

A philanthropic family have announced scholarships for 13 Bermudian students in partnership with the Knowledge Quest educational charity. The Green Family Scholarship Fund gives the awards on the basis of need and academic capability, with priority t...

Premier’s Question Time is scheduled for today as MPs return to the House of Assembly after the summer break. David Burt, the Premier, will also deliver a speech on “moving beyond the pandemic” and Kim Wilson, the health minister, will table a fifth ...

The island has started to be hit by the outer bands of wind and rain from Hurricane Larry. But the storm continued to pass well east of Bermuda as predicted. A powerful surf churned the South Shore, but winds remained low, although a tropical storm w...

A fresh outbreak of Covid-19 is being driven in part by “people going to work with actual symptoms”, the health minister said yesterday afternoon as she “reluctantly” conceded the island was seeing its fourth wave of infections from the virus. “This ...