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The Government has put together a plan for reform based on “a future forward Government for the people of Bermuda”, David Burt told Parliament this morning. The Premier said professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and unions had been consul...

Community affairs minister Lovitta Foggo announced a series of updates on programmes within Department of Community and Cultural Affairs in a Ministerial Statement at the House of Assembly today. • To read Lovitta Foggo’s statement, click on the PDF ...

The top-ranking UK military officer in the US said yesterday the Royal Bermuda Regiment boosted the country’s regional profile and was an invaluable resource for natural disasters at home and abroad. Air Vice-Marshal Gavin Parker, the UK Defence Att...

Women should feel powerful — no matter what role they play in society, the Deputy Governor has said. Alison Crocket said that employment and gender did not define people as she launched a campaign to find two girls aged 14 to 18 who will shadow her ...

Swapping pinstripe business suits for combat gear will better prepare young leaders to take on senior posts in civilian life, a top Royal Bermuda Regiment officer said last night. Major Ben Beasley, the second-in-command of the RBR and the training o...

“The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power” — John Stuart Mill Michael Fahy Now that we are bang in between the Budget and the Budget Reply we can’t lose sight of the...

An Opposition MP has claimed the Government’s decision to appoint a representative in Europe without advertising the post “goes against best practice”. Michael Dunkley, of the One Bermuda Alliance, said the opportunity should have been made available...

Curtis Dickinson told a business audience yesterday that he would have liked to have started from scratch with tax reform, rather than modify the existing code. In his maiden Budget Statement last Friday, Mr Dickinson introduced none of the new taxes...

This year’s Budget is the first in 16 years to be balanced, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt declared that the island’s debt was to fall “for the first time since 2003”, in a Budget that “reflects our vision, and clearly demonstrates fiscal dis...

Bermuda’s business leaders were overwhelmingly optimistic at the annual Bermuda Chamber of Commerce Budget breakfast. Attendee Zina Edwards Malcolm, called the 2019 Budget “a hell of a relief”. “I am quite relieved that there weren’t any major extra ...

The island’s newest soldiers fired their first shots on the firing range yesterday. The 25-strong group of recruits spent days learning safety procedures and the workings of the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s SA-80 rifles before they were allowed to open f...