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Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, provided updates on the Deparment of Workforce Development Programmes in the House of Assembly this morning. Ms Foggo said: Mr Speaker, I rise today to provide this Honourable Hou...

The 2018 Throne Speech can be described as bold, attainable and transformative. It represented the true ethos of a labour government that is progressive, and provided the key elements required to tackle systemic societal inequalities head-on. It reco...

Charities and other community workers had hoped the Government would outline a “more strategic focus” in its Throne Speech. Martha Dismont, the Family Centre executive director, welcomed initiatives to help Bermudians struggling financially but said ...

Tax reform designed to reflect people’s ability to pay is in the pipeline, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday. A livable wage, cheaper healthcare, lower power costs and more competition in the mortgage market to drive down costs are also...

The Government will unveil a “college promise” programme in its second Throne Speech this morning. An excerpt from the speech, released last night, revealed the merit-based programme would offer Bermuda College scholarships to public-school students ...

Statement from the Coalition for the Protection of Children: We are encouraged by the government’s clear commitment to dismantling systems of inequality through several restorative initiatives that include lowering energy and healthcare costs, mortga...

The new Minister of Finance said yesterday if Bermuda’s Budget is not balanced this financial year, it will be in the next one. Curtis Dickinson said: “We are still working through the numbers, but we definitely need to balance the Budget and if we d...

Two Opposition politicians vowed to keep fighting for their constituents after they were dumped from shadow ministries in a One Bermuda Alliance shake-up yesterday. Jeanne Atherden and Michael Dunkley said they remained committed to the party despite...

Employment has risen, government revenues are up, spending is down and the deficit has been cut by 24 per cent, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt, also the finance minister, told the House of Assembly that “the facts totally disprove this tired ...

Millions of dollars are spent over Cup Match benefiting “those who are rich already” while people forget the true meaning of emancipation, according to government MP Christopher Famous. The backbencher also complained that the second day of the holid...