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Caseloads at the Department of Financial Assistance are holding “steady”, with more than 200 clients per member of staff, according to Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health. The department has 33 staff in total budgeted to support more than 3,200 people...

Requests from the public for information have hindered the work of the Ministry of Health, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said staff were “disproportionately burdened” by questions submitted under public acces...

A list of consultants and advisers to the Bermuda Government must be explained, the Opposition leader said. Craig Cannonier said the six-strong list revealed by David Burt yesterday “is going to cause more questions”. He was speaking after the Premi...

An online shopping platform will be introduced by the Bermuda Post Office to increase revenue, according to Walton Brown, the Minister for the Cabinet office. This will allow customers to purchase products and have them delivered through the post off...

People who abandon boats will be hit by heavier fines under new legislation, transport minister Zane DeSilva warned. Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly on Friday the existing fines are too low considering the cost to Government of removing the boa...

Discarded equipment from the airport’s days as a US Naval Air Station has been discovered by workers preparing to set up a sun-powered energy plant. Home affairs minister Walter Roban said the disused runway which juts into Castle Harbour, known as “...

The Government had a number of choices by which it could balance the 2019-20 Budget — mainly raise taxes or reduce spending. The Progressive Labour Party bristles at the “tax and spend” moniker, but that is exactly what it has done since it came to p...

Several human resource departments across government entities will be phased out as part of a Government reform initiative, Walton Brown said. Mr Brown, the Minister of Cabinet Office, said the new Department of Employee and Organisational Developmen...

Bermuda took a step closer to meeting international requirements to combat money laundering and terrorism financing when MPs backed legislation in the House of Assembly. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said changes in the Proceeds of Crime Amendm...

Campaigners for longer jail sentences for sex offenders are to meet the Attorney-General, it was revealed yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly that Juanae Crockwell, who organised a protest outside Parliament on March 1 to d...

The health minister has called on parents to help raise safety standards in daycare centres for children. Kim Wilson said that parents should share concerns with the Ministry of Health to ensure daycare providers were registered, licensed and up to s...

David Burt rejected talk of independence yesterday as he asked the British Government to dismiss a report that recommended that British citizens resident in Bermuda should have voting rights. However, the Premier warned the stance on independence co...