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The government should update details on spending habits so it can better calculate the rate of inflation, a top economist has said. Craig Simmons said that a consumer spending survey had not been conducted since 2013 – and that shopping habits had ch...

An online shipping service set up under a Government public-private partnership has been a hit with shoppers, it has been claimed. MyBermudaPost, run through the Bermuda Post Office and a Florida-based courier firm, started operation last Novembe...

An order to extend public health emergency regulations has been published in the Government’s Official Gazette. The Public Health (Covid-19) Emergency Order was passed in the House of Assembly on December 10, 2021. A Government spokeswoman said: “Sim...

Financial assistance and the protection of families were some of the accomplishments claimed by the labour minister in a review of last year released today. Jason Hayward said that the “major wins” came about last year despite the problems caused by...

Efforts to return the unique BMU code to Bermudian passports are continuing, the British Government has said. The assurance came almost six years after Britain took over the printing of passports for its Overseas Territories — which caused problems f...

The Government came under fire yesterday from the Leader of the Opposition for a “frustrating and unbelievable” delay in Covid-19 tests that was followed by the resignation of the programme’s top scientist. Cole Simons said the Government had “ignore...

Workers took to the streets for two days of industrial action as a row about voting rights for union decertification escalated. The Bermuda Industrial Union warned that it had the power to bring down the Government if it failed to give in to its dema...

The Argus Group has announced the appointment of Aderonke Bademosi Wilson as the chief communications officer. Ms Wilson has been the director of the Government’s communications department. The company said that in leaving government, she will be re...

The Government will update the Financial Policy Council (FPC) today on work being done to understand and assess the potential impact of the global tax agreement on Bermuda. A government statement last night said: “The Ministry of Finance will have th...

Police expect to pass a file to prosecutors early next year into the disappearance of a taxpayer-funded $800,000 loan to an American music promoter and his Bermudian employee. The cash was lent in April 2018 to Anthony Blakey and Danilee Trott, who o...

A civil servant tasked with the creation of a service standards training programme was today announced as the winner of last month’s Public Service Excellence Award. Ashjuana Thomas, the talent management partner at the Department of Employee and Org...

Higher than expected Government revenues this year have been overtaken by pandemic-related expenses, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House that estimated revenues for the year would be $8 mil...