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Staffing at Westgate prison is getting bolstered with the recruitment of 25 new Corrections officers, national security minister Michael Weeks revealed this week. Mr Weeks said staffing at the West End facility topped concerns raised by prison office...

A contract for new, island-wide CCTV security cameras will be awarded after a Cabinet review, according to Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security. A procurement notice posted by the ministry in July called for a hybrid fibre-optic and wirel...

A review of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service will include an assessment of manpower needs and its recruitment criteria, the national security minister said this week. Michael Weeks said the service had roughly 77 staff at present, but he said he w...

Vance Campbell said today he was looking forward to being consulted on the appointment of a new chief executive for the Bermuda Tourism Authority. The Minister of Tourism was asked at a press conference when he expected the successful candidate for t...

Bermuda’s loss of direct flights to the major New England gateway city of Boston is linked to the island’s fall in hotel capacity, according to the Minister of Tourism. Vance Campbell said he was “confident” that transport minister Wayne Furbert wou...

The end of the $40 Travel Authorisation form has been welcomed by Vance Campbell, the tourism minister, who said it was “good that we have that distraction out of the way” to focus on real issues. The form, originally imposed as border protection aga...

The Government’s hopes that an airline would provide a direct service to Boston this month have been dashed

Electric vehicles brought to the island will be subject to import duty — although the transport minister said it was too early to say when. Wayne Furbert, speaking at a press conference yesterday in the wake of the 2022 Throne Speech, said that he ha...

Pesticides, including the controversial weedkiller Roundup, are to get tighter governmental oversight, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister. The glyphosate-based product, manufactured by the agrochemical firm Monsanto, has come under fire as ...

A grandmother who hoped her granddaughter would become a lawyer got her wish at a ceremony in the Supreme Court as Nicole Yearwood joined the Bermuda Bar. Ms Yearwood was embarking on a career at a major Bermuda reinsurance firm when her experiences ...