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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...

Convicted sex offenders should undergo mandatory treatment or spend more time behind bars, MPs heard yesterday. The recommendation was included in a report by a Joint Select Committee on the need for a public sex offenders register and related matter...

Parents will be appointed for two-year terms to committees working closely with the school system. Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House a Parental Involvement Committee had been meeting monthly with the Commissioner of Education to improve...

Repair work on schools this summer will cost an additional $3 million, the minister of public works said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the works kicked off immediately after the end of the school year and were in “full swing”. He s...

Some of Bermuda’s lowest-paid workers could triple their wages within three years after a national living wage is introduced. Economic experts, union officials and employers should decide on the living wage, to be implemented by 2021, according to a ...

Legislation to introduce quad bike tours was approved by the House of Assembly, despite the opposition of environmental groups. Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport, said tours will be limited to seven vehicles and will only be allowed on paved ro...

Ten scholarships, valued at $10,000 each, have been handed out under the Public Service Bursary Scheme. Government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said the move would help young Bermudians fill essential technical and professional posts within the publ...

Department of Workforce Development scholarships were handed to 34 students. Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly 16 received up to $10,000 each for the National Technical Vocational Training scholarship and six were awarded the Technical Vocatio...

The Premier delivered a national address last night and pledged “a Bermuda that can, and will, work for all of us”. David Burt unveiled new plans to benefit seniors and students, and looked back on the Progressive Labour Party’s first year back in po...