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A new plan guiding “the development of Bermuda for many years to come” was tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly. Tabling The Bermuda Plan 2018 Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told MPs: “It is the product of consultation with the public...

A minimum wage is not recommended for workers aged under 18 or staff in family businesses who are related to the owner, a special report said yesterday. The independent Wage Commission report, tabled in the House of Assembly, also recommended that li...

A total of 1,834 parents have given permission for their children to take part in a schools saliva testing programme to help stop the spread of Covid-19, the education minister said. Mr Rabain added the voluntary on-site programme would start in pub...

A long awaited shipment of computers for public primary school pupils will reach youngsters at the government camp programme this summer. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, said a shipment of 1,601 Chromebooks, ordered in August 2020, had finally...

Cup Match could return this summer after the launch of a hi-tech programme to check people’s coronavirus vaccination and test status, the Premier said. David Burt told the House of Assembly the SafeKey phone-readable code would prove the holder had b...

A report on the introduction of a minimum wage for Bermuda will be tabled today in the House of Assembly. David Burt, the Premier, will discuss the launch of the electronic Covid-19 Safe Key scheme. Mr Burt will detail the pilot programme to allow pe...

A delayed report on the establishment of a minimum wage for the first time will be tabled in the House of Assembly later this month. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, was expected to bring the report, which will also be used in setting a living wag...

Legislation has been tabled to let the finance minister move the temporary suspension of payments by Government workers into their pension fund. The amendments, tabled on Friday, would give the Minister the power to retroactively shift the 12-month p...

Legislators today slashed liquor licence fees in half in a bid to lift the spirits of a hospitality sector hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance agreed to fast-track the Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendm...

Legislation to pave the way for casinos was approved by MPs yesterday – but the Premier warned the industry would need to grow for the Government to reap its benefits. David Burt told the House of Assembly the regulatory requirements for the industry...

A $30 million loan guarantee to help pay for improvements to the water and sewage system in the East End has been issued by the Government. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, told MPs yesterday the loan guarantee was given to the Bermuda Land De...

An attack on conspiracy theorists who spread “outright lies” about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis was yesterday launched by an MP. Christopher Famous, the Progressive Labour Party MP for Devonshire East, said it was “heart wrenching...