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A former director of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs will head a new committee set up to preserve the histories of school scheduled for closure, the education minister has announced. Diallo Rabain said Heather Whalen would spearhead ...

A 500-page report by a Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses signalled “the last mile” of a decades-long race, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt highlighted that the document would be difficult for some people to read and was among...

Higher than expected Government revenues this year have been overtaken by pandemic-related expenses, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House that estimated revenues for the year would be $8 mil...

More than $6 million was paid in consultancy fees to four professional services firms over 19 months, MPs were told yesterday. But Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said more than 60 per cent of the cash went to EY under an order from the court...

A total of 56 recommendations were made under six headings in a report by the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses. The panel, headed by retired Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller, examined alleged land losses said to have happened “through th...

A new fleet of electric buses will cost less than half the price of older diesel vehicles, the transport minister told the House of Assembly yesterday morning. Lawrence Scott said 30 buses, built by the Golden Dragon Bus Company in China at a cost of...

The House of Assembly was updated yesterday morning on key meetings to keep the island off the European Union’s list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, briefed MPs on meetings held in London and Brussels. Mr...

A Bill designed to strengthen Bermuda’s human rights laws and promote equality was yesterday tabled in the House of Assembly by the One Bermuda Alliance. The proposed legislation would create an Equality Council at the Human Rights Commission which ...

A report into alleged historic land grabs and a revised Budget statement will dominate the House of Assembly’s final session of the year today. It is understood that the Commission of Inquiry, which held its last hearings in May, completed the report...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly has signalled to MPs that any one of them could ask for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Dennis Lister insisted he had to stay neutral, but that a member from either side of the House could pu...