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Budgetary allocations for the Home Affairs Ministry do not reflect the new Government’s promise to get tough on employers who violate work permit policy, according to Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban. Mr Roban is also claiming that Governmen...

Fifteen work permits have been issued for the Heritage Wharf modification project, according to the Opposition Progressive Labour Party. Hamilton East MP and Deputy Opposition Leader Derrick Burgess raised the alarm in the House of Assembly on Monday...

Spending cuts from the Ministry of Community and Cultural Development were motivated by the need to curb administrative overheads, according to Wayne Scott. Mr Scott defended his budget which was met with harsh criticism from his shadow counterpart M...

By Ayo Johnson Televised proceedings of House of Assembly deliberations, more use of committees and additional resources for parliamentarians are on Randolph Horton’s wish list before he makes an exit from the legislature. In his first interview sinc...

A squabble over parliamentary procedure saw the same half-hour of Budget presentation read out twice in the House of Assembly. Speaker of the House Randy Horton was thwarted in his attempt to present briefs on non-Ministry Departments. Announcing tha...

Randolph Horton thought long and hard before deciding he would accept the nomination to be Speaker of the House of Assembly. The Southampton West MP said he did not approach Premier Craig Cannonier about the role, and had received some criticism from...

Community Minister Wayne Scott claimed yesterday he delivered a four-hour statement to Parliament at the request of the Progressive Labour Party, so it wouldn’t have to debate his Ministry’s spending plans. Mr Scott said Shadow Minister Michael Weeks...

Shadow Community Development Minister Michael Weeks would have taken Government to task for drastic cuts in the Ministry’s funding had he contributed to Monday’s debate on budgetary allocations for the Ministry. Each of the department’s six heads suf...

Community Minister Wayne Scott prevented debate on his Ministry’s spending plans yesterday, by delivering a statement lasting four hours to the House of Assembly. But Government later denied suggestions that it was trying to stifle debate, saying tha...

Money for training Bermudian automotive collision repair professionals, butchers, nurses and teachers has been set aside in next year’s budget, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday. And cruise lines have been approached with a view to de...