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Bermuda is not competitive when it comes to hotel investment and needs to change approach, David Burt said yesterday. He added at a post-Throne Speech press conference that the tourism minister needs greater discretion when it comes to dealing with d...

The Government’s hopes that an airline would provide a direct service to Boston this month have been dashed

PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) — Control of Congress was up for grabs early today after the United States midterm elections, with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would crack Democrats’ tenuous hold on p...

A push for independence will bring Bermuda a financial burden it can ill afford, the Opposition has insisted. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, claimed that David Burt is getting ahead of the people for the sake of his own personal poli...

The Government is coming under pressure from MPs in Britain to legalise same-sex marriage. In answer to a question in the House of Commons last week, David Rutley, the parliamentary under-secretary for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office...

Bermuda needs to have a serious conversation about the “firestorm” issue of self-government, David Burt said as he ruled out a referendum on independence during the lifetime of this Parliament, which is slated to end in 2025. The Premier used a post...

Changes to the social insurance system will see people on $18 an hour get an extra $720 a year, David Burt said yesterday. Bermuda is an “outlier” when it comes to the safety net system and contributions need to be transformed into a sliding-scale m...

David Burt and the Minister of Education, Diallo Rabain, held a press conference today on the Throne Speech. We will have full reports and reaction.

In a first for the island, young Bermudian McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, former Youth Premier, has delivered a speech in the British House of Commons to mark UK Youth Parliament Day. Speaking on Friday at the same dispatch box used by the British prime mini...

The Government has come under fire for releasing the latest inflation figures only after it delivered its Throne Speech on Friday. The monthly statistics are normally released in the middle of each month. But the October bulletin was released late on...