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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...

Cup Match could return this summer after the launch of a hi-tech programme to check people’s coronavirus vaccination and test status, the Premier said. David Burt told the House of Assembly the SafeKey phone-readable code would prove the holder had b...

All applicants who met the criteria to receive Government unemployment benefits have been paid, the Ministry of Finance said today. But a ministry spokeswoman added that more than 500 applications had still not been verified by employers, while more ...

A report on the introduction of a minimum wage for Bermuda will be tabled today in the House of Assembly. David Burt, the Premier, will discuss the launch of the electronic Covid-19 Safe Key scheme. Mr Burt will detail the pilot programme to allow pe...

Hundreds of people forced out of work by the latest Covid-19 lockdown have waited weeks for unemployment benefits from the Government, The Royal Gazette can reveal. One source, who asked not to be named, wrote to David Burt, the Premier, after a mont...

Government has paid out more than $5 million in unemployment benefits in the last six months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Curtis Dickinson the Minister of Finance, revealed the figure in a statement last night. It came in response to claims...

The potential side effects of a minimum wage must be considered before action is taken, according to the Chamber of Commerce. Cordell Riley, the chairman of the Wage Commission, announced last week that the Commission had identified three options for...

Employers could have to pay at least $17.30 an hour to staff if recommendations from the Wage Commission are adopted, it was revealed yesterday. Cordell Riley, the chairman of the commission, unveiled three options for a minimum hourly wage – $13.20,...