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Dear Sir, The posts that David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, wants to refill are the same posts that were occupied for the past 30-plus years with no results. The people of this island, not the Government, are owed one third of $1 billi...

The Shadow Minister of Sport and Youth Development has called on the Government to do more to help Bermuda’s athletes reach their goals. Ben Smith told the House of Assembly that a “small increase” in funds for national sports governing bodies was “...

Over the course of the next few weeks, we shall be witness to the biggest charade in the parliamentary calendar — and that is the Budget debate. One week of this charade has happened already and I’m willing to bet that most people had no idea. There ...

An overseas consultant for the European Union capital of Brussels costs taxpayers at least $615 an hour, the Premier and Minister of Finance revealed on Monday. David Burt disclosed the cost after he was asked to provide the names and salaries of al...

Budget time is also a time to think about taxes and tax systems. The Budget speech lamented that the tax system exacerbates the gap between the rich and poor. I recall making the same speech. The Government has pledged to find a new system to help to...

The Government has budgeted for 36 more full-time equivalent public-sector posts in the next fiscal year, the Ministry of Finance clarified yesterday. Wayne Furbert, the junior finance minister, was responding to yesterday’s front-page story in The R...

Needy seniors stand to benefit the most from a Budget commitment to add ten new beds to the Sylvia Richardson Care Facility, according to advocates for the elderly Age Concern. The details emerged after the 2018-19 Budget allocated an extra $1.8 mill...

Budget time is always an interesting part of the calendar for Bermuda because it is a time when the focus of public discourse is the economy, government finances, taxes, debt and our future prospects as a country. Unfortunately, this focus wears off ...

My rights! “Son, there is no such thing as ‘your rights’. The only rights that exist are the ones you create and learn to protect.” We have so many positions we take as truths, but are merely assumptions — and society often contributes to its own ent...

The Progressive Labour Party government can reap the benefits of an economic transformation led by the One Bermuda Alliance, Jeanne Atherden claimed yesterday. The Opposition leader and Shadow Minister of Finance said her party had laid the foundatio...

The junior finance minister warned high earners on notional salaries yesterday: “We’re coming after you.” Wayne Furbert also praised the Progressive Labour Party’s vision for growth and said the island was “heading for a renaissance”. He told MPs the...

The Progressive Labour Party’s pro-business approach for the latest Budget got high marks from the Opposition. However, One Bermuda Alliance MP Trevor Moniz queried whether the ruling party could balance its mission with its supporters. “The Budget t...