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A $1.9 million boost to spending on health will help treat people with mental health problems, it was revealed in the Budget yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, explained that the Ministry of Health budget was “among the few” that w...

Compensation for customers who lose broadband and telephone services is to be added to a draft consumer protection document. The Regulatory Authority said it would revisit its Preliminary Report for the Principles of Consumer Protection for the “sign...

The decades-old 60:40 rule designed to guarantee Bermudian majority ownership of companies is to be axed and no new taxes will be imposed. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said in his Budget Statement that the 60:40 numbers would be reverse...

The Budget was designed to find ways to put more money in the pockets of Bermudians, the finance minister said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson told The Royal Gazette that a proposed cut to the payroll tax rate on income up to $48,000 and no new taxes wer...

Cash will be invested in information technology to boost government efficiency, the finance minister pledged yesterday. Curtis Dickinson made several references to the need for more effective ways of working in his Budget speech. He told the House of...

The Government plans to spend $19.8 million more than it takes in over the next 12 months, which will push the country’s total debt to almost $2.68 billion. Interest payments will amount to $121.4 million in the 2020-21 financial year, about $332,600...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority was “ready to learn more details” of government intentions on its future, the body’s chief executive said yesterday. Kevin Dallas was speaking after the Budget Statement was delivered in the House of Assembly by Curtis D...

TN Tatem Middle School has been permanently closed. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said all of the island’s public middle school students will now be accommodated in four middle schools. Mr Rabain held talks with staff from the Warwick public...

Prizes were handed out to the winners of an art exhibition. “A City Celebrates” was held at the Bermuda Society of Arts to help commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Corporation of Hamilton and its democratic electoral process The public were invi...

Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance delivering the Budget for 2020-21 at the House of Assembly today. Here are the highlights from his speech: • Programmes in the Department of Child and Family Services will receive an increase of $750,000. Som...