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European Union finance ministers removed Bermuda from a blacklist of noncooperative tax jurisdictions yesterday. Representatives of the 28 EU countries struck Bermuda from Annex I of the EU list — the “blacklist” — and put the island in Annex II of t...

Repairs to a cruise ship terminal in Dockyard were completed ahead of schedule, the House of Assembly said yesterday. King’s Wharf was refurbished before the April 10 deadline that marked the start of the cruise ship season. Failure to finish on time...

A controversial Bill to change how Bermuda’s hospital is funded was passed last night. The Government is to pay an annual grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, capped at $330 million for the coming year, to replace the existing fee-for-service arran...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly admitted last night that he was perhaps wrong to allow comments from a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, who claimed that Bermuda’s longest-serving premier “tap-danced” for the “most reactionary and racist ele...

The introduction of speed cameras and a reduction in the use of fossil fuels were among the recommendations in a Green Paper on Transportation tabled yesterday in the House of Assembly. Zane DeSilva, the transport minister, said other suggestions inc...

David Burt, the Premier, is to announce the formation of a Cabinet Committee on Social Issues today in the House of Assembly. The group, which first met in February, has been tasked with looking at issues ranging from the living wage, extending paid ...

National security minister Wayne Caines made the following ministerial statement about gangs prevention in schools: Mr. Speaker, this morning I would like to highlight and acknowledge the important work of the Ministry of National Security’s Gang Vio...

The Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, the Hon. Lovitta Foggo, JP, MP recently represented Bermuda at the 11th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour in Barbados. The meeting of Ministers, which is typically held every 2 years, ...

The final town hall meeting to discuss a living wage will take place at the Somerset Cricket Club tomorrow. The Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport wants the views of the public on the creation of a Wage Commission and a living or minimu...

An extraordinary municipal election will be held for the Corporation of St George to fill the seat of municipal residents’ councillor on June 20. The election open just to residents of the municipality, is to choose the sixth councillors’ seat left v...