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Charities mobilised as the coronavirus crisis developed and the British Government pitched in to provide medical supplies, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, said Britain had sent 15,000 PCR tests for the virus, 26,000 N9...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made island residents more focused on Bermuda’s environment, the Deputy Premier said yesterday. Walter Roban said: “Over the last three months, and the experience that we all have shared together, I think we are a little bit...

Details on the tendering of two demolitions in Hamilton were revealed yesterday in the House of Assembly by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works. Colonel Burch updated MPs on the work on the Allenhurst building, the rundown fo...

A resolution to cut salaries for MPs and senators will be tabled in the House of Assembly’s virtual sitting today. David Burt, the Premier, said on Wednesday that ministers had agreed to take a one-year 15 per cent cut. A one-year 12.5 per cent pay c...

The Department of Youth and Sport has been hard at work to help the community during Covid-19, MPs heard today. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said in the House of Assembly that many staff have joined in to help d...

Legislation to allow people to withdraw up to $12,000 from their private pension plans was approved by the Senate yesterday. Vance Campbell, a government senator and the junior public works minister, said the legislation was intended to help people w...

Wedding bells are to ring out again, but scuba diving will be banned under amendments to Covid-19 regulations. David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the amendments had been approved by Cabinet as he put the regulations be...

Shadow finance minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin revisited a bitter dispute in the House of Assembly, saying the official recording had vindicated her after being accused of maligning low earners during a March sitting. In a March 16 debate on the Pay...

People who have felt the pinch as a result of the Covid-19 shutdown can take up to $12,000 from their private pension funds after the legislation was fast-tracked in the House of Assembly yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the Go...

MPs paid their respects yesterday to “trailblazing” Stanley Lowe, a former Speaker of the House of Assembly, who died last month aged 82. Many said the longest-serving MP in modern Bermudian history, known for his fairness as Speaker, had ordered the...