7418 results returned for search: "" category "Politics"
A town hall meeting will take place today to discuss new immigration legislation tabled in the House of Assembly.
People are invited to CedarBridge Academy for the meeting about amendments to the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act.
National secur...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Government has cut funding for a controversial programme which sends vulnerable Bermudian children to overseas institutions.
The Department of Child and Family Services will get almost $1.6 million to spend on its psychoeducational programme in t...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government could install green energy solar panels on several of its buildings, it was revealed on Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly that officials had been in discussions with a company ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cannabis was found in the system of a one-year-old child, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that the Central Government Laboratory had recorded an increase in the number of positive test results for the d...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Legislation to prevent conflicts of interest at the Land Valuation Appeal Tribunal was passed in the House of Assembly.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly that the Land Valuation and Tax Amendment...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A plan to introduce the “next generation” of buses for Bermuda is in its final stages, the Minister of Tourism and Transport said.
Zane DeSilva added that the size of the new vehicles would be dependent on the routes they were expected to serve.
He s...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An online shopping platform for the post office is under development by a top professional services firm.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said KPMG was working on a three-year proposal which is expected to see the public service c...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Government bid to buy a shuttered sports centre may be scrapped, the House of Assembly has heard.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said the $1 million sale was still budgeted and approved by the House, but questions had...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Immigration legislation will be amended to solve the problems of mixed-status families and settle the status of children born overseas to Bermudian parents, the national security minister said yesterday.
Wayne Caines insisted there would be “no givea...
DATE: Mar 07, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Hospitals Board will complete its annual reports up to 2019 by the end of this year, health minister Kim Wilson told MPs yesterday.
Ms Wilson announced BHB’s financial statements for 2015 and 2016 had unqualified audits as she tabled the ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2020
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff