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A pledge to “streamline” healthcare administration so more cash can be spent on patient care was made in yesterday’s Throne Speech. The Government said that “systemic reform” of the system was “desperately needed” if the goal of affordable universal ...

A charity leader yesterday questioned the Government’s Throne Speech announcement that it would help the third sector get loans. Major Rob Kerr, The Salvation Army’s divisional commander for Bermuda, said his understanding was that the plan would be ...

A charity leader said yesterday she looked forward to consultation over Government plans to boost child protection. Nicola Paugh, the executive director of the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community, said the organisation was...

A gardening club yesterday donated $10,000 to a nature restoration project in celebration of the club’s centennial anniversary. The Garden Club of Bermuda gave the cheque to the Buy Back Bermuda (BBB) group to help them complete the restoration of Ev...

Young artists can win cash prizes in an art competition held by the Bermuda National Trust. The trust yesterday opened its doors to applications for their 2021 Student Art Competition, whose theme this year is “My Bermuda”. Karen Border, the executiv...

The Throne Speech, under the title of “Social Renewal and Economic Recovery”, opened with the Governor’s reflection on the “definitive”, once-in-an-era change brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rena Lalgie told the gathering: “The wounds inflicted by ...

Motorists were reminded today of the dangers of speeding and the need to stick to the speed limit on safety grounds. The Bermuda Road Safety Council warned that speeding was the leading cause of road collisions that resulted in serious injury or deat...

Young people involved in an adventure training charity have been featured in digital artworks as part of a project designed to battle negative stereotypes of Black people. Dany Pen, the executive director of Raleigh Bermuda, said the art project, par...

More than $23 million is thought to have been injected into the economy thanks to the work from Bermuda programme. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said that 638 people took up the scheme and 206 families still lived on the island as a result. ...

Plans to change the island’s healthcare system will feature in today’s Throne Speech, it was revealed last night. An excerpt from the speech, to be delivered by Rena Lalgie, the Governor on behalf of the Government, said the Covid-19 pandemic had hig...