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David Burt has vowed to communicate and listen more as the Progressive Labour Party tackles inequality in 2018. Delivering his new year’s message yesterday, the Premier said introducing a living wage and reducing the high cost of living in Bermuda wo...

David Burt, the Premier, was among the speakers at a two-day conference on infrastructure held in Jamaica this week. The Caribbean Infrastructure Forum, which was held on Monday and Tuesday at Montego Bay, focused on the development of essential infr...

The Bermuda Government has negotiated a $135 million loan agreement with Butterfield Bank, David Burt announced today. The Premier said the loan, which will cover the 2017-18 fiscal year and a portion of the 2018-19 year, was called for under the One...

Bermuda is being unfairly targeted by international groups which show a “wilful lack of understanding” of the global economy, David Burt said today. The Premier insisted some European officials said the island is on the right track with its efforts o...

David Burt laughed off questions today about the Progressive Labour Party’s intentions to take Bermuda to independence. Members have publicly stated the Premier raised the subject at the party’s banquet at the Fairmont Southampton last Saturday night...

Bermuda’s sewage treatment and energy infrastructure are in line for upgrades after the Bermuda Government announced it is seeking a $100 million investment from local insurance companies. The Bermuda Infrastructure Fund will boost a series of constr...

Dear Sir, I saw David Burt’s interview with Sky News last night here in London. Although confident and holding firm to the regulatory regime of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, the Premier’s answers will lead to more probative questions than satisfact...

The Premier identified yesterday the 14 promises he claimed the Progressive Labour Party government had completed in its first 100 days. David Burt announced in Parliament last Friday that two-thirds of the PLP’s 21 pre-election pledges had been fulf...

David Burt claimed yesterday that the Progressive Labour Party had completed 14 of its 21 “first 100 days” election pledges. But statements by the Premier and his PLP colleagues suggest only ten of the promises have actually been fulfilled, with nine...

Kristin Burt, the patron of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, shared a personal connection with the disease at a fundraiser on Tuesday night. Mrs Burt, wife of the Premier, said: “My paternal grandmother passed away from breast cancer. My father was ac...

The need to educate other countries about Bermuda’s business reputation is intensified because of uncertainty in Europe, according to David Burt. The Premier gave MPs a report on his recent trip to Brussels, Paris and London, in which he met with Eur...

David Burt fought Bermuda’s corner on tax in an interview on Britain’s BBC World News. The Premier, also Minister of Finance, appeared on the channel’s Talking Business yesterday and emphasised that Bermuda complied with international tax standards. ...