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A Government moratorium has cut the size of the Island’s landscaping workforce by almost a third, a company owner believes. And he has warned: “It will probably be more.” In August, Government imposed a moratorium on work permit applications and rene...

Planning Minister Walter Roban said the Planning Department has improved efficiency and has made customer service a priority. But Opposition Leader Kim Swan said bureaucracy in the Department has lead to frustration in the public. “The Ministry’s opt...

Government has tightened up the law to make clear it does have power to permit commercial leases of its properties for more than 50 years. Its ability to grant such leases was challenged by the Auditor General, who asked the Supreme Court last year t...

Free tuition at Bermuda College may be replaced with “discounted” tuition, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed yesterday. And such a change may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons, who also...

Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night described an increase in fees for visitors seeking extended stays on the Island as “nonsensical” and a “throwback to an age of dinosaurs”. He told the House of Assembly he couldn’t understand why Govern...

One of Bermuda’s best-known entertainers became the subject of a heated spat in the House of Assembly this week. MPs heard on Wednesday that Gene Steede, 70, who was inducted into Bermuda Music Hall of Fame in 2009, would be performing on a tour orga...

Whether they heckle her all day or not, Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson will today take Government to task for health care cuts as the Budget debate resumes at the House of Assembly. The trimming of services at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital...

With rumours of a general election soon once again circulating, the people of Bermuda will have front row seats as the tug of war of political power players takes centre stage. Yes, we have seen it before, this battle of who knows best, against a bac...