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The Bermuda Government is preparing regulations over blockchain technology, David Burt announced today. The Premier told the House of Assembly a draft bill will be introduced for the regulation of initial coin offerings associated with the cryptocurr...

George Benson’s 1978 hit song, The Greatest Love of All, later popularised by Whitney Houston, has within it some very important phrases that are appropriate for our political dispensation. In particular, the words pertaining to the search for leade...

The contract on the controversial airport deal will not be scrapped, the Premier announced yesterday. But David Burt pledged that the Government would work through the “bad deal and do all that we can do to realise some good for the people of whom ...

The first thing I was vividly reminded of when reading the 2018-19 Budget in detail was just what a fantastic job the Progressive Labour Party did in opposition and how it truly is the master of spin, hyperbole and blatant trickery. Trickery, it see...

An attempt to boost small businesses will be revealed this morning in David Burt’s first Budget. Sources said that the Premier and Minister of Finance would announce a plan to make it easier for smaller companies to compete for government contracts. ...

David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, today delivered the Budget Statement for 2018-19. Here are the main highlights: • “This Budget will ease the burdens for the single mother and the struggling family with a tax cut that will increase th...

David Burt faces a crucial balancing act tomorrow with his first Budget as Premier, former premier Sir John Swan warned. Sir John called Mr Burt “the best of the best that we could have to lead the Progressive Labour Party”. “Not only does he have th...

Bermudians will not have to hold their breath any longer as the 2018-19 Budget Statement will be tabled on Friday. This will be David Burt’s maiden budget as Premier and Minister of Finance, and it will set the tone for Bermuda’s fiscal policy going ...

I don’t think there is much glamour in having the job of Premier of Bermuda any more; even if we were to take into account the transitional years of Sir Henry Tucker, who was climbing through the wall of segregation. At least for him, there was the o...

The Premier launched a new campaign yesterday to combat money laundering. Mr Burt, also the Minister of Finance, said the campaign would recruit the entire island in a bid to fight financial crime. The campaign, called “Just Good Business”, will high...

David Burt says his trip to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland has been more fruitful than he had expected. Speaking from Davos today, the Premier said he had spoken with leaders of some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Eri...