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United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley has criticised Government for hitting businesses in the pocket with an “exorbitant” food licence fee increase. Sen Dunkley told the Upper House that businesses would have no choice other than to raise pric...

Opposition politician John Barritt is calling for backbench MPs to play a “much more meaningful and important role” and possibly get a pay rise for doing so. The Shadow Public Administration Reform Minister claims backbenchers such as him, who earn $...

A reshuffle of senior positions to “streamline efficiency” within the Civil Service was announced last night. The changes will take effect today, April 1. A Cabinet Office spokeswoman said: “Oversight of the Government quangos the Bermuda Land Develo...

Property owners in Hamilton could end up like those who famously dropped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773, Independent Senator Walwyn Hughes warned yesterday. But although United Bermuda Party Senators also questioned the wisdom of “disenfranchising” c...

Claims that Government’s national debt is “manageable and sustainable” were called “misleading” and an attempt at “smoke and mirrors”. The United Bermuda Party (UBP) and Bermuda Democratic Alliance (BDA) both criticised Junior Finance Minister David ...

MPs last night approved more than $160 million in government overspends since 2002. Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards lambasted Government for taking so long to bring the supplementary estimates to the House of Assembly. “Why is that we are in Mar...

Economy Minister Kim Wilson has hit back at claims Government is not providing adequate time for debate on the budget in the Senate. The Senator said the Opposition was responsible for scheduling debates on the Budget, and they had not allocated enou...

Land surveyor Quinell Laquita Francis hopes to help restore St George to its past glory as the newest common councillor for the Corporation. Ms Francis said she had been prepared for the campaigning process but, at the end of the nomination period, h...

Budget cuts at the Ministry of Public Works will cause minimal impact for the public, according to Government Senator Cromwell Shakir. Speaking during the Senate debate on the budget of the Public Works Headquarters and the Department of Public Works...

Opposition Senate leader Jeanne Atherden said she was “surprised” to learn Government development projects could run up to 15 percent over budget. Senator Jeanne Atherden, who spoke during the Senate Budget debate on the Ministry of Finance on Frida...

MPs will today be asked to approve more than $160 million in government overspends over the last decade. And Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards claimed last night there was no good reason why the cost overruns hadn’t been brought to the House of As...