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A top business leader backed the Government’s Throne Speech bid to help people who struggled with Bermuda’s high cost of living. John Wight, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce president, said the speech was right to focus on people caught in the gap bet...

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Progressive Labour Party’s “date with destiny” election victory. The party’s first triumph at the polls brought the party in from the cold of 35 years in Opposition and gave Bermuda an alternative government for t...

Proposed rules to crack down on loan sharks are understood to have been revised after public consultation. The Debt Collection Act 2018 will be tabled in Parliament today after an initial draft was reworked to tackle concerns raised by lawyers, busin...

The Government will unveil a “college promise” programme in its second Throne Speech this morning. An excerpt from the speech, released last night, revealed the merit-based programme would offer Bermuda College scholarships to public-school students ...

John Rankin, the Governor, delivered the Throne Speech at Cabinet Office grounds today. This is a brief summary of the main points: • Bills to be advanced include: financial assistance reform; creation of a police authority; legislative support for s...

The permanent secretary for a now dissolved ministry has retired, a Government spokeswoman has announced. Wayne Carey, who served for the Ministry of Social Development and Sport, stepped down from Government service today. Derrick Binns, the head ...

Statement from the Coalition for the Protection of Children: We are encouraged by the government’s clear commitment to dismantling systems of inequality through several restorative initiatives that include lowering energy and healthcare costs, mortga...

The former social development minister rejected a claim yesterday that he was fired from Cabinet for his handling of an inquiry into allegations that children in care were mistreated. Sources claimed Michael Weeks was ousted because he insisted that ...

The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of confusion in a row over the representation of vulnerable children in court proceedings. The claim came after Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, announced she was to quit as a litigation guardian ...

A Cabinet shake-up will increase the ministerial salary bill by nearly 20 per cent. The new total is $1,338,964, an increase of $221,851 on the $1,117,113 bill before last week’s Cabinet reshuffle. It is also a significant spike compared with the las...