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A top-level shake-up of the Civil Service is to cost taxpayers an extra $40,000, Lovitta Foggo told Parliament yesterday. The government reform minister said the increase was because the post of Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service had bee...

The lawsuit undertaken by the former One Bermuda Alliance government put Bermuda’s treaty relationship with the United States at risk, the Speaker of the House said on Friday night. Denis Lister said: “Our treaty relationship was in threat, based on...

Shadow Attorney-General Trevor Moniz was kicked out of the House of Assembly last night amid a row over files regarding the Bermuda Government’s lawsuit against the Lahey Clinic. He was told to leave after he repeatedly accused national security mini...

New cash for the island’s tourism quango will be earmarked to prepare Bermudians for the hospitality workforce. Jamahl Simmons, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, said: “Tourism growth and success must include Bermudians at every level of...

Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden questioned during the Budget debate of finance why government staff could not draw cash from the Contributory Pension Fund in times of hardship. David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said his government h...

Three pieces of legislation were passed without objection in the House of Assembly this week. Members of Parliament approved the Companies and Partnerships (Fees) Act 2018, the Motor Car Amendment Act 2018 and the Auxiliary Bicycles Amendment Act 20...

Municipal elections in May will be postponed for a year after home affairs minister Walton Brown launched an attack on the Corporation of Hamilton’s “failures of accountability”. The Municipalities Amendment Act, tabled yesterday by Mr Brown, will gi...

Hospital fees are to be adjusted in a move that will raise some costs and lower others, the health minister told the House of Assembly yesterday. Kim Wilson told MPs the changes will be “revenue-neutral to the hospital” and said the relative value me...

The Bermuda Government’s processing of insurance is to become more efficient, according to health minister Kim Wilson, with the approval of the Health Insurance Amendment Bill 2018. Ms Wilson told MPs that the legislation would “merge the Health Insu...

The Shadow Minister of Sport and Youth Development has called on the Government to do more to help Bermuda’s athletes reach their goals. Ben Smith told the House of Assembly that a “small increase” in funds for national sports governing bodies was “...

A nurse by profession, Kim Young carried her caring approach into her political career, former colleagues said yesterday. MPs paid tribute to the human rights activist and former United Bermuda Party Cabinet minister at the House of Assembly yesterda...

Regulations for casino gambling are to be introduced “without further delay”, tourism minister Jamahl Simmons told the House of Assembly yesterday. Mr Simmons blamed past members of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission for delays leading to a “stumbl...