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The Premier yesterday paid to a former MP found dead in his submerged van last week. David Burt praised Darius Tucker for his mentorship role for young people. Mr Burt said: “He was a member who served on both sides of the aisle, a member who was kno...

A private school hit out at classroom Covid-19 restrictions and branded them “conservative and contradictory”. The board of Somersfield Academy in Devonshire said schools and families were “struggling” to cope with quarantine measures and appealed fo...

Moving more people from unemployment benefit to Financial Assistance will help identify barriers to employment, the economy and labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward said: “Our aim is to transition as much people as we possibly can on to the ...

Education minister, Diallo Rabain, has denied that Government foot-dragging over deciding when eight primary schools will shut in a major shake-up has left parents in limbo. Ministers first announced the radical reforms in December 2020, but work on ...

Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, and the Minister of Education, Diallo Rabain, will talk on the Budget and how it affects their ministries.

Expected cuts to Bermuda’s aviation industry revenue triggered by sanctions against Russia have been dramatically reduced by the Government. But Lawrence Scott, the Transport Minister, appeared yesterday to be unable to say exactly why this had occur...

Ministers denied the Premier and finance minister was hiding behind them with an insistence they announced budget cuts instead of doing it himself. David Burt, who took the finance minister’s portfolio after the shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson ...

Changes to the Covid-19 “fit to fly” regulations to open up the market to the private sector have been announced. The Bermuda Health Council has updated the rules on antigen testing for the coronavirus. Ricky Brathwaite, the CEO of the BHeC, said: “...

The Premier is a “slippery-tongued” deceiver who has hiked payroll tax, the Opposition leader told the House of Assembly yesterday. Cole Simons accused David Burt, also the finance minister, of deliberately misleading the public. He said: “The Minis...

Sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine would cost Bermuda $25 million in aviation revenue over 12 months, MPs heard. Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said that even if the restrictions lasted for just three months, the island wo...