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Taxi drivers, people with disabilities and new business owners will benefit from financial relief after The Payroll Tax Amendment Act 2018 was passed in the House with no objections. At the same time, payroll tax on notional salaries in owner-managed...

A government Bill was passed in the House of Assembly on Friday night despite a drafting blunder that had technical officers and members of the legislature scrambling to clarify. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health and spokeswoman for legal affairs, ...

More than half of people surveyed by the Government support a new tax on sugar, health minister Kim Wilson revealed on Friday. Ms Wilson told MPs the impact on the baking industry of a tax on raw sugar had been taken into account. She said: “This con...

Former attorney-general Trevor Moniz denied last night he had shredded documents connected to the government lawsuit against the US-based Lahey Clinic. Mr Moniz added that he had never used evidence from a parallel criminal case to support the civil ...

Bermuda’s environmental groups have berated a decision greenlighting commercial quad bike tours on the Railway Trail in the West End. Jonathan Starling, executive director at Greenrock, said the group was “profoundly disappointed” by the announcemen...

The municipal elections will be postponed for a year while consultation takes place after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly last night. The Municipalities Amendment Act will also give the Minister of Home Affairs more power over Hamilto...

Experts highlighted poor practice in Bermuda’s schools and unchallenging assignments for pupils, the education minister told MPs yesterday. Cambridge curriculum assessors conducted a review of public schools after Cambridge Checkpoint results showed ...

A Green Paper is being drafted to seek ways to reduce drug abuse and increase rehabilitation. The Department for National Drug Control is putting together the document in line with a Throne Speech pledge by the Progressive Labour Party. It is expecte...

Trevor Moniz is expected to be back in the House of Assembly today. The order paper for today said the Shadow Attorney-General will give a personal explanation. The news came after Mr Moniz was ordered to leave Parliament on Friday in the wake of a...

The public are to fork out $1 million to pay off the mortgage on the failed Sandys 360 sports centre and lender HSBC has agreed to write off more than $8 million. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, minister of public works, told MPs that HSBC was prepar...