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Legislation designed to allow pension contributions to be suspended for a year is expected to be debated in the House of Assembly today. The proposed change will be accompanied by a plan for a 12-month halt to social insurance contributions. Curtis D...

Policies on work permits and Permanent Resident Certificates will be reviewed by the Government, new labour minister Jason Hayward said today. Mr Hayward pledged that work on immigration reform started under his predecessor Wayne Caines, including th...

The Government will carry out a review of Bermuda’s charities to ensure they serve the community as efficiently as possible. Community affairs minister Lovitta Foggo said some organisations would be reclassified so that the Government can make better...

Suggestions that a blanket denial of work permit renewals is in force are wrong, the Premier has said. David Burt emphasised the island’s work permit policy was unchanged, and that Jason Hayward, the new Minister of Labour, would speak about procedur...

An Opposition senator questioned yesterday how changes to laws related to the introduction of emergency measures would provide more scrutiny of decisions. Jarion Richardson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, sought clarification from Kathy Lynn Simmons, t...

A Government senator challenged companies yesterday to introduce measures to tackle racial inequality. Ianthia Simmons-Wade congratulated Jasmine Brangman and Dynera Bean for organising last Sunday’s demonstration in support of the Black Lives Matter...

The Bermuda Government has executed short-term loan facilities with local banks that will allow it to draw up to $170 million in funds to help cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, also told MPs in the House of Ass...

Bermudians will get economic opportunities from the legalisation of cannabis, the Attorney-General said. Kathy Lynn Simmons said proposed new legislation — released for consultation this week after being redrafted by the Government — put more focus o...

A temporary pay cut to parliamentarians was branded “window dressing” yesterday because the take-home pay for legislators would remain unchanged. The claim came after it was announced that MPs will have their salaries reduced for a year from July 1. ...

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly led tributes yesterday to civil rights hero Eva Hodgson. Derrick Burgess told MPs during a virtual sitting that Dr Hodgson, who died last week, “loved her family and will be deeply missed”. He said: “Since ...