Log In

David Burt is to host a town hall meeting to discuss initiatives set out in the Throne Speech. The Premier will be joined in the “community conversation” on Tuesday evening by Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, and Kim Wilson, the Minister of ...

Staffing at Westgate prison is getting bolstered with the recruitment of 25 new Corrections officers, national security minister Michael Weeks revealed this week. Mr Weeks said staffing at the West End facility topped concerns raised by prison office...

A review of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service will include an assessment of manpower needs and its recruitment criteria, the national security minister said this week. Michael Weeks said the service had roughly 77 staff at present, but he said he w...

David Burt sidelined input from MPs in the run-up to putting together the Throne Speech because he was too focused on getting re-elected as Progressive Labour Party leader, party sources have told The Royal Gazette. The traditional “retreat” gatheri...

The island’s farmers appear to have been shut out of a planned vertical-farming industry — one of the Government’s central initiatives to revive the economy. At a press conference yesterday, Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy, confirmed that the ...

Vance Campbell said today he was looking forward to being consulted on the appointment of a new chief executive for the Bermuda Tourism Authority. The Minister of Tourism was asked at a press conference when he expected the successful candidate for t...

Bermuda is not competitive when it comes to hotel investment and needs to change approach, David Burt said yesterday. He added at a post-Throne Speech press conference that the tourism minister needs greater discretion when it comes to dealing with d...

The Government’s hopes that an airline would provide a direct service to Boston this month have been dashed

PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) — Control of Congress was up for grabs early today after the United States midterm elections, with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would crack Democrats’ tenuous hold on p...

A push for independence will bring Bermuda a financial burden it can ill afford, the Opposition has insisted. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, claimed that David Burt is getting ahead of the people for the sake of his own personal poli...