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Work permit costs could be hiked as part of a move to encourage greater Bermudian employment, the One Bermuda Alliance proposed yesterday. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the shadow finance minister, added that an OBA government would lay the groundwork for...

Sports minister Lovitta Foggo spoke at the House of Assembly today about the upcoming Carifta Games which Bermuda will host at the National Sports Centre. To read Lovitta Foggo’s ministerial statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”

Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance delivering the Budget for 2020-21 at the House of Assembly today. Here are the highlights from his speech: • Programmes in the Department of Child and Family Services will receive an increase of $750,000. Som...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Ministry of Public Works, delivered a ministerial statement about the Government’s partnership with Belco on co-ordinated road trenching. • To read Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s ministerial statement in full, cl...

National security minister Wayne Caines updated MPs with a ministerial statement about Bermuda’s first coastguard unit, which was launched in the West End earlier this month. • To read Wayne Caines’s ministerial statement in full, click on the PDF un...

Heritage Month will have the theme “We are Bermudian” to help the Government promote the island’s cultural identity. Cultural affairs minister Lovitta Foggo urged people to reflect on their commonalities throughout the month of May. She told the Hous...

A new programme in Bermuda’s schools will help children develop their reading skills. Education minister Diallo Rabain said teachers had been trained on the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, which has been introduced to preschool, P1 and P2 cla...

The Progressive Labour Party has pledged to give the public the chance to help shape its agenda. The party has launched PLP Listens, where the public can suggest policy ideas that can be carried out the second half of its five-year term in government...

A statistician and antiracism campaigner has been appointed as chairman of a group which will pave the way for a living wage in Bermuda. Cordell Riley will lead the wage commission, community minister Lovitta Foggo announced in the House yesterday. M...

Renovations at Sessions House continue in efforts to have the home of the legislature ready for the 400th anniversary of Parliament this year. Government said last September that the work included the replacement of windows as well as “health and saf...