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The Human Rights Commission has expressed serious concern about a proposed legal amendment which will “undermine the integrity of the Human Rights Act”. Community minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has pledged to change the law so that the Human Rights...

The company renting the 9 Beaches property in Sandys owes the Bermuda Government $2.283 million in rental arrears, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works. A judgment ordering that the property be vacated was made on December 22, M...

The hoped-for sale of the defunct Grand Atlantic housing development in Warwick has not materialised, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works. A memorandum of understanding between Bermudiana Beach Resorts and the Bermuda Housing C...

Commissioners investigating how taxpayers’ money was handled under the former Progressive Labour Party administration will hold proceedings in public as a “starting point”. The appointment of commissioners was welcomed last night by the PLP, which re...

After a $6 million overspend on last year’s financial assistance allocation, the Bermuda Government has significantly upped its initial estimate for 2016-17. Finance minister Bob Richards unveiled his Budget yesterday, setting aside $50.1 million tow...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been given a $1 million boost. While the BTA was allotted a total of $21.7 million in last year’s Budget, that figure has been increased to $22.7 million. The Government has also doubled the Tourism Authority Fee, wh...

The Bermuda Government’s move to hike up payroll tax has been branded “baffling” by the Bermuda Public Services Union, as the tax regime is already tilted against lower income workers. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, conceded the imbalance dur...

The budget for the Ministry of Education has been reduced by $2.23 million for the financial year ahead. Projected spending on education for 2016 to 2017 is $124.9 million, less than the forecast for the previous year according to the 2016 budget del...

The budget for the Bermuda Police Service has been increased marginally by Bob Richards, the finance minister, for the next financial year. For 2015-16, the police budget was initially set at $64,423,000, but that forecast has been revised to $64,487...