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Immigration changes proposed by the One Bermuda Alliance in 2016 would have boosted the island’s economy, a former senator has claimed. But Dwayne Robinson, an OBA senator from 2018-20, said his party’s Pathways to Status immigration legislation was...

Major changes to Bermuda’s tax structure are needed to reduce the cost of living, according to the Premier. David Burt said at the Progressive Labour Party annual conference that difficult conversations may be needed to create a fairer tax system – o...

The One Bermuda Alliance said yesterday it was “cautiously optimistic” about proposed immigration changes – but highlighted that they were long overdue. Jarion Richardson the Shadow Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Cabinet, said the problem of th...

Dear Sir, It is great news that visitors are being enabled to extend their stay in Bermuda. I congratulate the Government on this decision, and on the decision to promote the one-year residency programme for digital nomads. The more people that are ...

Major immigration changes are needed to stop the island from “falling off the fiscal cliff”, the Labour and Immigration Minister said today. Jason Hayward warned that the island had to use immigration to create economic growth in the face of an agei...

Tourists who would like to extend their stay in Bermuda beyond six months were asked to follow a new application process. Guidelines announced today also included changes for business visitors and people with periodic work permits who would like to a...

A Bermudian woman who lives in the US has been stranded in Bermuda for nearly three months because of a wait for a passport renewal that left her cut off from her family over Christmas. Malaika Hayward said on Christmas Eve that she could not bear ha...

The timing is ideal for a relaxation of the so-called Stop List which prevents Bermudians with criminal convictions from visiting the United States, the US Consul General said yesterday. Lee Rizzuto, who has been in Bermuda since July, said US Democ...

Bermudians who live in the European Union were today told to make sure that they were “legally registered” for residency before the end of the year. A Government spokeswoman said: “With less than a month before the end of the Brexit transition period...

A proposed education authority must be free from government influence, a newly appointed independent senator said yesterday. Speaking during the Senate debate on the Throne Speech, John Wight said: “I am pleased to see the creation of an education a...

Plans to offer long term residency for investors in Bermuda will not equate to cash for citizenship, Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said this afternoon. Mr Hayward was speaking on the Government’s plans to revise the long-term residential certif...

“Unprecedented” unemployment in the island’s “worst jobs crisis in modern times” stands at double 2019 levels, the labour minister warned yesterday. Jason Hayward said further losses were expected with “large scale redundancies in hospitality and fin...