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A spotlight will be turned on employers who “steal” from their staff by failing to deposit social insurance and pension contributions, the Minister of Finance warned last night. Curtis Dickinson said he wanted to help workers keep better track of the...

The Government is to boost its capital spending to about $85 million, using revenue such as new cruise ship taxes, to revamp the island’s infrastructure in the 2020-21 fiscal year. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, made the revelation after ...

The sugar tax, imposed on October 1, 2018, collected $5,402,000 by December 1, 2019. The extra duty on sugary foods and drinks, aimed at reducing diabetes and obesity, was raised to 75 per cent in April last year, with the revenue to be used for heal...

New legislation to allow the sharing of data on food prices will help the Progressive Labour Party deliver on its pledge to lower the cost of living, the Minister for the Cabinet Office claimed. Wayne Furbert said the Government would be able to prov...

An Opposition MP fears that the police budget could be cut by $4 million. Ben Smith, the Shadow Minister of National Security, asked yesterday if the island could afford to “slash” spending on law enforcement. He said: “I am greatly concerned by repo...

Bermuda’s work to achieve its high rating for anti-money laundering safeguards was highlighted by the finance minister. Curtis Dickinson said the latest Mutual Evaluation Report into the island’s legislation to fight money laundering and terrorist fi...

Somers Day is to be renamed Mary Prince Day after a once enslaved Bermudian who became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain. The legislation, which was tabled yesterday, will also move the Bermuda Day holiday from the last Friday in May to ...

A group designed to boost business development was announced in the House of Assembly yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, told MPs that Cabinet has approved the creation of an Economic Development Department. Mr Burt said: “Bermuda is at an economic ...

A statistician and antiracism campaigner has been appointed as chairman of a group which will pave the way for a living wage in Bermuda. Cordell Riley will lead the wage commission, community minister Lovitta Foggo announced in the House yesterday. M...

Customs duty breaks and other suggested lifelines for the island’s struggling retail sector seem to “fall on deaf ears”, a retail head said yesterday. Lorraine Shailer, cochairwoman of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s retail division, said the Minis...