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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...

Ground could be broken on a new fishing facility by the start of next year, the economy minister has revealed. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, said during the budget debate on Monday that much progress had been made on the plan for...

Ministers denied the Premier and finance minister was hiding behind them with an insistence they announced budget cuts instead of doing it himself. David Burt, who took the finance minister’s portfolio after the shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson ...

Changes to the Covid-19 “fit to fly” regulations to open up the market to the private sector have been announced. The Bermuda Health Council has updated the rules on antigen testing for the coronavirus. Ricky Brathwaite, the CEO of the BHeC, said: “...

The “irrational carnage” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be a major blow to Bermuda’s economy, an Opposition MP warned in the Budget debate. Michael Dunkley of the One Bermuda Alliance highlighted the size of Ukraine’s economy and resources and ...

The Premier is a “slippery-tongued” deceiver who has hiked payroll tax, the Opposition leader told the House of Assembly yesterday. Cole Simons accused David Burt, also the finance minister, of deliberately misleading the public. He said: “The Minis...

The Premier last night accused the Leader of the Opposition of misleading the public with his response to the 2022/23 Budget. Cole Simons, the OBA Leader, told the House that he had heard Bermuda had been moved onto the EU “grey list” because of a mi...

The Opposition’s Budget reply was last night criticised by government MPs as too long – but short on substance. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office Minister, attacked a claim by Cole Simons’, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, that payroll tax wou...