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Firefighters have accepted a 2.5 per cent pay rise, the Bermuda Government announced today. The award, retroactive to April 1 this year, came after a negotiation process dating back to July this year, government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said. It...

Education minister Diallo Rabain visited the Bermuda College to meet welders taking their practical test for national certification. Welders, electricians, automotive service technicians and landscapers are required to be nationally certified, meanin...

A new Bill to decriminalise small quantities of cannabis was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday. The Misuse of Drugs (Decriminalisation of Cannabis) Amendment Act was formally proposed by Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Social Development and Sp...

Progressive Labour Party MP Tinee Furbert used her maiden speech in the House of Assembly on Friday to focus on enhancing the quality of life for persons with disabilities. The Junior Minister of Disability Affairs said disabilities were consistentl...

A new plan for public schools was unveiled in the House of Assembly yesterday. Targets include 75 per cent of all public school pupils up to recognised standards in reading and mathematics inside five years. School principals will be given powers to ...

The America’s Cup was a “silver bullet” that hit the target in time to save Bermuda’s economy, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development told Parliament last night. Grant Gibbons said the island’s economy would have continued to struggle if it had...

A “comprehensive review” of last year’s protests against the airport redevelopment project must examine the role played by then acting Governor Ginny Ferson, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher said yesterday. St George’s West MP Kim Swan said: “...

The old guard of the One Bermuda Alliance is set to be sidelined to make way for new blood, new party leader Jeanne Atherden signalled yesterday. Ms Atherden, Leader of the Opposition, said her party was in a transition to “rebuild, rebrand and reco...

Updates for health and safety regulations at the island’s care and nursing homes will be debated by MPs today. As well as the second reading of the Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Amendment Act 2017, an assessment of the America’s Cup is exp...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch urged trainees to make the most of their opportunities on the Skills Development Programme. The public works minister met a group of Bermudians on the programme designed to give them hands on experience and help secure ...