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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...

A change to allow short term residents to rent some vacation rental homes for longer periods has been approved by the House of Assembly. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the Rent Increases (Domestic Premises) Control Temporary Amendme...

Kenneth Richardson, the island’s first Black Cabinet Secretary who served in the role from 1984 to 1993, has died at 82. Mr Richardson, who had to step down as top civil servant for health reasons, was recalled by Sir John Swan, a former Premier, as ...

More than $350 million in unpaid taxes and fees is owed to the Government, the Minister of Finance revealed yesterday. Curtis Dickinson warned that almost half the cash would probably never be collected. He was responding to questions from Opposition...

The Government and Opposition sparred into last night over the Budget for the coming fiscal year and the island’s way to economic recovery out of the pandemic. It came after Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, gave the Reply to the Budget in the Hous...

Almost 100 businesses have applied to be part of Government’s $13m economic stimulus programme aimed at small to medium-sized contractors. The deadline for submissions for the Short Term Stimulus Programme was February 15 and the responses to the Re...

Travel from Britain to Bermuda will be restricted to people with a valid reason while UK stay at home measures are in force, the Government’s London office said today. The UK office told Bermudians in Britain that people on their way home from next ...

A dedicated task force based in the Cabinet Office will be formed to drive Bermuda’s economic recovery as the pandemic eases , the Premier said today. David Burt told the House of Assembly that a recovery plan had been devised to renew the economy a...