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The island is likely to face a hike in taxes when Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, presents the 2016/17 Budget this morning in the House of Assembly. That assessment has come from observers ranging from Kendaree Burgess, the executive director ...

Michael Fahy continued to defend the controversial plan to create new pathways to Bermudian status, calling it morally and economically the right move. The proposal came under fire again in the Senate yesterday morning with Progressive Labour Party s...

Sources within the One Bermuda Alliance fear that the party is on the brink of “political suicide” over its apparent disconnect with ordinary Bermudians. Longstanding frustrations after the party’s sizeable defeat in the Devonshire North Central by-e...

An increase in tax revenue to help tackle the national debt could be included in the upcoming Budget, according to economist and lecturer Craig Simmons. While Mr Simmons said that the island’s economic recovery does appear to be gaining momentum in s...

New Progressive Labour Party senator Kim Wilkerson formally made her Oath of Allegiance in the Senate Chamber yesterday to the applause of onlookers. Senator Wilkerson fills the gap left by former Opposition Leader of the Senate Diallo Rabain, who to...

New legislation that will allow the Minister of Finance to temporarily take over a failing bank has been passed by the House of Assembly. Detailing the Banking (Special Resolutions Regime) Act 2016, the finance minister said it was intended to provid...

New legislation designed to improve healthcare standards and protect patients has been passed by the House of Assembly. Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, said the Medical Practitioner’s Amendment Bill would “strengthen and regularise” the gov...

Kim Wilkerson was unveiled yesterday as the Progressive Labour Party’s replacement in the Senate for new MP Diallo Rabain. Marc Daniels will take over as the Opposition Leader in the Senate. Announcing Senator Wilkerson’s appointment, Marc Bean, the ...

The One Bermuda Alliance has been accused of underhand tactics in its immigration policy, while Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General, pleaded for the Opposition to turn the temperature down and “wait for the numbers”. The year’s first session of the Ho...

The number of students transferring out of public schools is increasing year-on-year, according to recently released figures. Transfers of both primary and middle school students have been rising since 2012, said Minister of Education Wayne Scott, in...