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The finance minister told MPs he was “disappointed” that the Auditor-General was unable to give a clean audit for the latest financial statements of the Government’s general operating fund. Curtis Dickinson said the Government should be “setting an e...

A “warrior for Bermuda” was mourned yesterday in the House of Assembly. Jan Martin, a founding member of the pressure group Move Bermuda, died this week aged 59. David Burt, the Premier, said Ms Martin was a “Progressive Labour Party stalwart”. Move ...

Repairs at Darrell’s Wharf and the railings at Flatts Bridge are to be awarded to contractors next week. Other “shovel ready” infrastructure works put out for quotes under the Government’s stimulus programme are works on Artemis buildings, highway fe...

The Cabinet Office has refused to release records about a loan of $800,000 to an exempt entertainment company because of a police investigation. Marc Telemaque, the Cabinet Secretary, wrote to The Royal Gazette yesterday to say there would be no dis...

Bermuda might redefine its relationship with Britain in the future – but an alteration to the link with the UK is “not an issue for now”, the Premier has said. David Burt tackled the topic of going it alone in an interview with business publication T...

Cruise companies have expressed interest in the ’homeporting’ of ships in Bermuda, the transport minister Lawrence Scott told the House of Assembly yesterday. The minister said that there had been interest from a “small luxury line” drawn by the isla...

Customs duty breaks for some businesses have been approved in the House of Assembly. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the Customs Tariff Amendment Act 2021 would allow the minister to give zero or cut rates of duty for businesses ruled to...

An economic recovery plan for Bermuda will include high-earning new industries such as medical tourism, vertical farming and residential schemes, MPs heard this morning. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, added the casino industry, sub-sea commu...

The Government yesterday proposed a law to outlaw “revenge porn” – the use of social media to spread intimate sexual images. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said the practice was “a new form of technology-facilitated abuse” which humiliated...

A Progressive Labour Party backbencher championed women and seniors in her maiden speech in the House of Assembly. Ianthia Simmons-Wade, the MP for Warwick North East, said she was speaking not only in her political role but as her role as a “black s...