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Gitanjali Gutierrez repeats her concerns over the Government plans to introduce a fee for Public Access to Information requests

Tinée Furbert said there will also be some upcoming changes to the Human Rights Act that includes age discrimination

The Information Commissioner’s Office will host an event next week aimed at sparking discussion about the 2023-24 Budget. Pati and the People’s Budget will feature Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, with Jamel Hardtman in an inter...

Requests for proposals for island-wide CCTV system are expected to go out soon, according to the Minister of National Security. Renee Ming, addressing the House of Assembly on the Ministry’s budget, hoped the system would help deter criminals and as...

Home porting could return to the island in 2024, according to the Minister of Transport. Lawrence Scott, delivering his budget brief for 2022-23, said that while there were no home-porting cruises expected for this year, the Government was focused on...

A scheme to allow non-Bermudians to become long-term residents if they invested a minimum of $2.5 million has continued to pay dividends, the economy and labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward said that the total investments that supported Eco...

The police and fire service yesterday got increased budgets – although they will still get less than they did two years ago. The Ministry of National Security’s was allocated $62.1 million for policing – an increase of $860,000 compared with last yea...

Employment opportunities in international business have grown in the past year as overall employment levels fell by 3.9 per cent. David Burt, the Premier, said in his Budget Statement that the number of people employed in IB had risen from 4,240 to 4...

The Opposition Senate Leader has called for a change in how the Senate handles budget debates. Ben Smith said that while the Opposition determines what ministries are debated in the budget debate and the duration of the debates, there is not always a...

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo’s takings dropped by a massive $350,000 because of the Covid-19 crisis. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly that 68,241 visitors attended BAMZ in the 2019/20 financial year. He a...