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A temporary freeze on gas and diesel prices and a review to try and cut the cost of fuel was yesterday announced by the Premier. David Burt, who is also the finance minister, pledged to try and reduce fuel costs next month against a backdrop of a cos...

Solar power installations across the island are to be funded by a boost to the home affairs budget. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said the $1 million increase, which will take his budget to $18.7 million, would help to create a secure and ...

A winding-down of a short-term economic stimulus programme put in place to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is being looked at by the Government. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said more than $6 million of ...

Sanctions against the owners of Russian airliners registered in Bermuda have had “mixed success”, the transport minister admitted yesterday. But Lawrence Scott insisted the island’s shipping registry had not been affected by the international restric...

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...