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A wishlist of more than 30 Throne Speech priorities is too many for the Government to deal with, an Opposition MP said last night. Scott Pearman, the shadow legal affairs minister, said the Government should prioritise immigration changes, foreign i...

A “major capital development” is needed to refurbish the ageing Tynes Bay incinerator, the acting public works minister said this week. Wayne Furbert warned: “The choice is simple – we can either invest $150 million to make significant upgrades to th...

Private sector partners could be signed up to help pay for major government projects outlined in the Throne Speech, the finance minister has said. Curtis Dickinson added it was part of his job to help develop creative ways to fund the Government. He ...

More details on a plan for a new marina in St George’s are expected to be revealed in the House of Assembly tomorrow. Wayne Furbert, the acting Minister of Public Works, will give a statement on the project, mentioned in last week’s Throne Speech. Th...

Plans for the new session of Parliament could be hit by a lack of cash, a top economist warned last night. Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, added that last Friday’s Throne Speech lacked detail. Mr Simmons said the speech was “ambitious”. He...

Cruise ship casinos may be able to operate 24 hours a day while berthed in Bermuda under new legislation. Casinos on ships can only open between 9pm and 5am in Bermuda’s waters at present. But cruise operators would be allowed to apply for an extensi...

The Premier said yesterday that the public would be informed if there was an update on a Cabinet minister who has been absent from his post for weeks. David Burt said the responsibilities of Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, ...

The Premier today denied claims that a lack of major new programmes in the Throne Speech meant the Government was running out of imagination and energy. David Burt was speaking after the One Bermuda Alliance attacked the legislative programme as bein...

An “ethics adviser” and an investigator are to be hired by to make sure politicians do not engage in “compromising activity’” that breaches parliamentary rules, the Government has announced. A new Code of Conduct said: “Members must not act or make d...

Throne Speech plans to get jobless young people back to work have been welcomed by social services agencies – but the Opposition demanded specifics on the proposals. The speech, delivered by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, on behalf of the Government, ple...