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Bermuda will host a conference for ombudsmen from across the Caribbean next week. The 10th Biennial Caribbean Ombudsman Association Conference will take place at the Fairmont Southampton. Events will include a panel discussion on “Strengthening Relat...

The Government will promote “a system of greater fairness and equity” through its new Cabinet Committee on Social Development, the Premier announced Friday. David Burt gave the House of Assembly details on the group, which has been tasked with a focu...

The Premier said he wanted to end controversy over the appointment of consultants and advisers to ministers as he tabled legal amendments in the House of Assembly Friday. David Burt said the Government will be required to publish all appointments and...

Wayne Caines, the national security minister, has given the public extra time to comment on work-permit policy. Mr Caines told the House of Assembly Friday that policies would be changed to seek “the right balance between the legitimate expectations ...

It will very soon be my first anniversary as an elected MP. People often ask me how I am finding it up on the Hill. My first year as the newest Member of the House has certainly been interesting, sometimes frustrating, and, occasionally, profound. Th...

Bermuda’s Civil Service has been hampered by an “overly bureaucratic environment with a weak execution model”, according to David Burt. The Premier was updating MPs Friday on the tabling of the strategic plan for government reform, which will call up...

The following is an open letter of congratulations to the newly elected President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa. Dear Mr President, I am writing to offer you and your team best wishes after your recent mandate for a new term as a result of the jus...

A British Army general responsible for commissioning more than 1,000 officers and who wrote the book on military leadership has shared his expertise with the Royal Bermuda Regiment. Major General Patrick Marriott, a former Commandant of the Royal Mil...

A controversial Bill to change how Bermuda’s hospital is funded was passed last night. The Government is to pay an annual grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, capped at $330 million for the coming year, to replace the existing fee-for-service arran...

The Speaker of the House of Assembly admitted last night that he was perhaps wrong to allow comments from a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, who claimed that Bermuda’s longest-serving premier “tap-danced” for the “most reactionary and racist ele...

The introduction of speed cameras and a reduction in the use of fossil fuels were among the recommendations in a Green Paper on Transportation tabled yesterday in the House of Assembly. Zane DeSilva, the transport minister, said other suggestions inc...

David Burt, the Premier, is to announce the formation of a Cabinet Committee on Social Issues today in the House of Assembly. The group, which first met in February, has been tasked with looking at issues ranging from the living wage, extending paid ...