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Bermudians looking to buy their first home will qualify for instant stamp duty relief under a law passed in the House of Assembly on Friday. Previously, new homeowners had to prove that they had lived in their property for three years before they qua...

Some public bodies’ financial statements will likely never be brought up to date, according to the Minister of Public Works. Speaking during the Motion to Adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday evening, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Ministe...

The first Progressive Labour Party leadership debate — scheduled for this evening — has been cancelled “due to a logistical error”, the party said today. In a statement, Dawn Simmons, the PLP chairwoman, said that “both candidates are fully committed...

The Government is to make changes to the controversial sugar tax, the Premier has revealed. Speaking during a debate in the House of Assembly yesterday afternoon on the Customs Tariff Amendment Act — which will provide customs relief on 21 food and h...

Concerns were raised by members of the Opposition about fuel regulation legislation being “rushed” through Parliament without proper consultation with the industry. The Fuels Bill 2022, which brings the regulation of the fuel sector under the remit o...

Curtis Dickinson has insisted that he wants to work with David Burt in government if he topples him in the looming Progressive Labour Party leadership fight. With the two former Cabinet colleagues going head-to-head in the contest’s first debate toni...

The number of visitors arriving in Bermuda will be just over half the figure seen in 2019, Vance Campbell, the tourism minister, said yesterday. He told MPs that while the projected tally for the year was 56 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, the indus...

Public school teachers were to blame for not getting paid for September because they did not provide paperwork in time, Diallo Rabain, the education minister, told MPs yesterday. Mr Rabain said they would get their salaries at the end of this week, ...

Moves to stop hospitality staff having to hand over payroll tax on their tips have been passed by MPs. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office Minister, said the change was needed to cover tips generated by a service charge on customer bills. The minister ...

More than $21 million is to be spent renovating older homes to increase the amount of affordable housing, MPs were told yesterday. Delivering a statement to MPs, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said that the Cabinet had ...