Passing the Budget is the single most important act carried out by Bermuda’s Parliament in any given year.
Pedants will point out that the Budget itself does not get passed and has no legal standing. There is a speech called a Budget Statement, which...
DATE: Mar 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Government should offer incentives to overcome vaccine hesitancy, give more clarity on unemployment benefit and give a Plan B to families and employers if schools cannot reopen on April 12 as planned, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
The calls ...
Laws to criminalise revenge porn received widespread support in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Criminal Code Amendment (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2021 was approved with the unanimous support of the Government and the Op...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Crime | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Global insurance and reinsurance company SiriusPoint Ltd has signed up as the lead sponsor for this year’s Earth Hour.
And international sailing competition SailGP has also announced that it has come on board as a major sponsor. The Bermuda Tourism A...
Apart from the global pandemic that has many governments scrambling to cope with a virus that has brought so many powerful nations to their knees, there are other horrific incidents such as refugee camp fires, massive flooding and military confrontat...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Al Seymour
A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning.
Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Lighthouse Connect, an education-focused fund launched by Legal & General Reinsurance, is on track to deliver more than 230 laptops to Bermuda’s public-school students this academic year.
A spokesman for the company said machines that have not yet b...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: International Business | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
The Opposition Senate Leader has called for a change in how the Senate handles budget debates.
Ben Smith said that while the Opposition determines what ministries are debated in the budget debate and the duration of the debates, there is not always a...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Budget | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A private school will hold its first inter-house cricket match to raise money for pupils who struggle to afford school fees.
Saltus Grammar School started a week of cricket-themed fundraising events on Monday that will culminate in its first ever Sal...
The Ministry of Education will not yet make public the number of submissions it received in the consultation on education reform.
A ministry spokeswoman said that such information will only be released when a report currently being compiled that wil...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
