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Opposition MP Rolfe Commission welcomes confirmation and calls on Govt to get private sector buy-in By Jonathan Bell Dropping the Job Corps initiative would leave Bermuda with another lost generation, warned Shadow Workforce Development Minister Rolf...

The Progressive Labour Party is strongly positioned to take back Government, according to MP Rolfe Commissiong. But he called the PLP’s December 17 loss to the One Bermuda Alliance “heartbreaking”. “After getting to the point of grabbing the holy gra...

Declaration comes as $100 million in supplementary budget estimates are presented to Parliament By Ayo Johnson Finance Minister Bob Richards tabled close to $100 million of supplementary budget estimates in the House of Assembly yesterday. But the ne...

House Speaker Randolph Horton has demanded that parliamentarians respect the rules regarding conduct during debates. Mr Horton said he’d met with One Bermuda Alliance Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz, Opposition Leader Marc Bean and Deputy Leader o...

Government’s claim that it is cracking down on crime has been met with a lukewarm response from the Opposition. Shadow Public Safety Minister Michael Scott argued that, while planned stiffer penalties for some crimes may deter would-be offenders, the...

Government’s payroll tax holiday for new Bermudian hires was approved by parliament last night but not before the Opposition decried the proposal as half baked, while applauding the Government for keeping an election promise. As of April 1, employers...

Sparks flew in the House of Assembly yesterday as Opposition MPs became enraged by a reference to last year’s controversy over the Bermuda Land Development Company. Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz kicked off the acrimony as he began his reply to q...

House Speaker Randolph Horton will continue to look for ways to enhance the independence of the offices of the Auditor General, the Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Registrar, despite a sound rejection of his preferred solution in parliament on Wednes...