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The Budget was passed with no objections and is expected to be the first balanced budget in two decades

David Burt says the grant to the Bermuda Housing Corporation will bring more rental units online faster

A reduction in the National Sports Centre’s operating costs should be a priority so more cash can be funnelled towards helping young people, an Opposition MP has said. Susan Jackson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, said it was “challenging” to watch gov...

A $1 million boost to start upgrading the island’s CCTV network was announced in the Budget. David Burt, the Premier and finance minister, said the cash would be used to start “the installation of the new island-wide CCTV system that was promised in ...

Workers at the Fairmont Southampton will get increased wages because of a new collective bargaining agreement highlighted in the Budget statement. But the hotel may initiate layoffs if occupancy falls below 85 per cent compared with the 75 per cent t...

A plan to promote domestic investment was announced in the 2022-2023 Budget Statement. Under a section titled Bermuda’s Demographic and Population Problem, David Burt, the Premier, claimed the plan would boost employment while increasing the island’s...

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 ...

When Tania Stafford went for treatment at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute she felt she had been transported to a 1950s-style asylum. It was old with tatty furnishings, decades old magazines were in the reception area and a faded poster of a tall ...

The maintenance of school buildings must get better, the shadow education minister said yesterday. Ben Smith warned that renovated schools would deteriorate fast if work was neglected. Mr Smith said: “We have a lot of buildings that are old – it’s ab...

Police officers are on the verge of an agreement with the Government after months of negotiations over pay cuts, it was revealed last night. But the deal between the Bermuda Police Association and the government negotiating team over the changes, fo...