Log In

Ratings agency Standard & Poors has reaffirmed Bermuda’s A+ sovereign credit and long and short term debt ratings, the finance minister announced last night. The reaffirmation of Bermuda's A+ long-term sovereign credit and senior unsecured debt rati...

The Ministry of Finance has said it needs more time to respond to a request for records on a multimillion-dollar contract awarded to an unlicensed debt collection company. Oarrs Inc was awarded the contract to manage a claw back of almost $75 million...

The Government has launched an inquiry into how a private company which did not have a debt collection licence was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to recoup unpaid land tax. A government spokeswoman said last night that the Department of Consu...

Cashier services at a Government building are to restart tomorrow. Money-handling staff will return to work to take payments at the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street, which is also home to the Department of Social Insurance. Cas...

A company awarded a multimillion-dollar government contract to claw back land tax arrears does not have a debt collection licence, The Royal Gazette has confirmed. A new law, which came into force at the start of last year, ruled that anyone “pursui...

David Burt, the Premier, was tonight accused by the Opposition of stoking “real tension in the community” over perceptions of unequal treatment during the coronavirus pandemic. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, called for “fairness and ac...

Licensed farmers and fishermen were back out selling their produce by the roadside over the weekend after Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed. At a press conference on Friday, the Government announced changes to Covid-19 regulations that allowed...

The president of the Bermuda Industrial Union last night launched a stinging attack on the Government accusing it of double standards and calling on the PLP backbench MPs to “remember that their obligation is first and foremost to the people who elec...

The Leader of the Opposition tonight accused the government of not properly planning for the stay-at-home order. Cole Simons said that he understood the reasons why the order is to be enforced tomorrow, but said not enough details had been given in ...

The Leader of the Opposition has said that Bermuda must come together “like we have never done before” in face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Cole Simons was speaking in light of new restrictions imposed yesterday including a stay at home order. He empha...