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A lack of funding has slowed plans to replace ageing bridges in the east end, according to the public works minister. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said staff were eager to work on the project, but financial constraint...

Opposition senator Marcus Jones has criticised government senators for failing to answer questions relating to the 2021-22 Budget. Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, Mr Jones said that the public had a right to hear a fulsome debate on how their mo...

An online petition has been launched to ask for the resignation of the Premier over alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations. The change.org petition, posted under the name Agnes Butterfield, alleged that David Burt had breached SafeKey rules at the ...

The Leader of the Opposition today appealed to the public to celebrate their rich culture as the country prepared to celebrate tomorrow’s Bermuda Day holiday. Cole Simons said this year’s celebration would be different because of the Covid-19 pandemi...

Only members or former supporters of a union can will be able to trigger a ballot on whether a workplace should retain union representation, government confirmed yesterday. Under labour relations laws proposed last year, both supporters and former op...

Casinos are set to become a reality in Bermuda after senators passed three pieces of gaming and betting legislation. The Gaming (Transfer of Functions) Act 2021, The Betting Act 2021, and The Betting Fees Regulations 2021 were all passed yesterday m...

US president Joe Biden’s branding of Bermuda as a tax haven was “unfortunate as much as it was untrue”, the finance minister has said. Mr Biden has mentioned the island’s status as a low tax jurisdiction several times since he took office earlier thi...

People suffering hardship because of coronavirus pandemic can withdraw an extra $6,000 from their pension funds, the finance minister announced yesterday. Curtis Dickinson said he had “wrestled with the decision” to allow people another round of acc...

Construction of a fish processing plant promised for the East End is expected to begin before the end of the financial year next March, MPs have heard. Business and design plans for the shoreside plant at Marginal Wharf in St David’s are being examin...

A new plan guiding “the development of Bermuda for many years to come” was tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly. Tabling The Bermuda Plan 2018 Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told MPs: “It is the product of consultation with the public...