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Training opportunities for Bermudians will increase after resources were boosted in the Government’s workforce development department, the House of Assembly heard today. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said staff t...

Proposals to abolish the Corporation of Hamilton and St George or turn them into quangos could come into force before local elections in May, the Mayor of Hamilton said this week. Charles Gosling learnt of the proposals only in a Monday meeting with ...

Plans for a fintech hub appeared to have taken a step backwards yesterday after a Cabinet minister said money set aside for the project would be spent elsewhere. The third floor of a Hamilton building was due to be transformed into an “incubator” for...

The structure of Bermuda’s municipalities could change drastically as the Government considers two options to ensure growth and development. The Corporation of Hamilton and St George’s could be changed to quangos which would give the Government incre...

A proposal to slap a tax on rented homes in the Budget has been taken off the table, the Minister of Finance said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson made the announcement after complaints that landlords had tried to use the suggested levy as an excuse to ra...

Landlords were warned today not to pass a proposed rental tax on to their tenants. The Government said tenants have called Consumer Affairs reporting that their landlord has informed them their rent will be increased “due to the new tax” from March 1...

A clerk from the British Parliament has been seconded to Bermuda to work on financial oversight with the Public Accounts Committee. Stephen McGinness, the Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, will work alongside the Bermuda equivalent to scrutinise va...

A political agenda, not price, was behind union opposition to the airport redevelopment project, the man who spearheaded the deal has claimed. Bob Richards said that he did not believe a claim made by Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Indu...

A proposed tax on rental income could cost people their homes, the finance minister has been warned. Curtis Dickinson was told that any new tax would hurt people who depended on income from an apartment to pay their mortgages. Paulette Robinson said:...

No pressure was put on the health minister to sign off on the termination of the Bermuda Health Council chief executive, she insisted yesterday. Kim Wilson said that her approval of the end of Tawanna Wedderburn’s employment was made without outside ...