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A proposal that financial assistance could be clawed back from the estates of dead recipients would penalise families, the head of a charity said yesterday. Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said the organisation feared a bid t...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly marked 30 years as an MP yesterday. Dennis Lister, the Progressive Labour Party’s longest-serving MP, celebrated the anniversary on February 9. He told MPs on the first sitting of the new parliamentary session tha...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday blocked a statement on payments to pepper-sprayed protesters who forced a postponement of a House of Assembly meeting. Dennis Lister told Wayne Caines, the national security minister, to postpone his sta...

A clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly will be discussed by the national security minister today. Wayne Caines will talk about the aftermath of the December 2016 events in the wake of revelations that his ministry had mad...

Consultation on a planning blueprint for Bermuda will end in March, Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, announced today. The draft Bermuda Plan was published in December and after the consultation period will go to a tribunal to be finalised. Mr...

Training opportunities for Bermudians will increase after resources were boosted in the Government’s workforce development department, the House of Assembly heard today. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said staff t...

Proposals to abolish the Corporation of Hamilton and St George or turn them into quangos could come into force before local elections in May, the Mayor of Hamilton said this week. Charles Gosling learnt of the proposals only in a Monday meeting with ...

Plans for a fintech hub appeared to have taken a step backwards yesterday after a Cabinet minister said money set aside for the project would be spent elsewhere. The third floor of a Hamilton building was due to be transformed into an “incubator” for...

The structure of Bermuda’s municipalities could change drastically as the Government considers two options to ensure growth and development. The Corporation of Hamilton and St George’s could be changed to quangos which would give the Government incre...

A proposal to slap a tax on rented homes in the Budget has been taken off the table, the Minister of Finance said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson made the announcement after complaints that landlords had tried to use the suggested levy as an excuse to ra...