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Charities have called for more attention to women’s problems and streamlined services to help struggling families in the wake of Government’s Throne Speech. Leaders of the Women’s Resource Centre and housing organisation Habitat for Humanity of Bermu...

David Burt, the Premier, is to host a public forum this evening to discuss plans from the 2018 Throne Speech. The town hall meeting will be held in the Berkeley Institute cafetorium, starting at 6.30pm. The event will be streamed live on Government’s...

Members of the Opposition drew comparisons with Bermuda’s struggling gaming industry in warning that political interference could hamper Bermuda’s tourism prospects. They were speaking during the Reply to the Throne Speech on Friday evening and refer...

Opposition MPs warned the Government not to put all its eggs in the “fintech basket” during the Reply to the Throne Speech session in the House of Assembly. One Bermuda Alliance deputy leader Leah Scott questioned when the money from cryptocurrency ...

International businesses would be “more than willing” to focus a greater amount of their investments locally, the Opposition leader has claimed. Craig Cannonier said that if industry bosses appreciated the financial benefit to their companies and had...

Shadow home affairs minister Sylvan Richards has predicted that the Government will be forced into “doing the same as the One Bermuda Alliance” in granting Bermudian status to long-term residents. Mr Richards, made the prediction in the House on Fri...

The One Bermuda Alliance called yesterday for urgent action to stimulate the “flatlining economy” and stem the flow of cash overseas. Opposition leader Craig Cannonier said private pension schemes should be made to invest some of their portfolios loc...

The Bermuda Government could reap an extra $147 million over a two to three-year period if policy recommendations from the Tax Reform Commission are implemented, MPs heard this morning. The commission’s report was tabled in the House of Assembly by W...

King’s Wharf in Dockyard is to undergo extensive rehabilitation, the House heard yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said that the wharf’s building and deck needed to be “completely rebuilt” in a short window of t...

David Burt blasted the Opposition for its pessimism about the island’s economy last night, pledging he would reduce our debt by next year while growing and diversifying the economy. The Premier took to his feet in the House of Assembly after about si...