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The East End morning commuter ferry is to be axed as the Department of Marine and Ports amends the Island’s ferry schedule after its budget was slashed by more than $2 million, Transport Minister Terry Lister said. Speaking in the House of Assembly ...

Planning Minister Walter Roban said the Planning Department has improved efficiency and has made customer service a priority. But Opposition Leader Kim Swan said bureaucracy in the Department has lead to frustration in the public. “The Ministry’s opt...

Government has tightened up the law to make clear it does have power to permit commercial leases of its properties for more than 50 years. Its ability to grant such leases was challenged by the Auditor General, who asked the Supreme Court last year t...

Free tuition at Bermuda College may be replaced with “discounted” tuition, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed yesterday. And such a change may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons, who also...

Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night described an increase in fees for visitors seeking extended stays on the Island as “nonsensical” and a “throwback to an age of dinosaurs”. He told the House of Assembly he couldn’t understand why Govern...

Opposition MPs have praised Government for increasing funds for investigative bodies like the Ombudsman’s and Auditor General’s offices. The two entities were spared from budget cuts that affected many government services. The Ombudsman’s office bu...

An additional $2.7 million has been allocated to the police team that investigates murders and shootings despite the overall police budget being slashed by $7.5 million. There has been a 130 percent increase on last year’s allocation to the Special I...

The Opposition has urged Government Ministers not to talk so much during this year’s Budget debate and let the voices of others to be heard. Government has pledged it will engage in a “meaningful debate” and be “professional and considerate,” but sai...