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A prefabricated housing project in Dockyard needed a major redesign when the project’s size was cut under the One Bermuda Alliance, the Minister of Public Works said Friday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly the original 2011 ...

An excavation at an old cemetery for military personnel and convicts that disturbed bones was carried out without permission, the Minister of Home Affairs, told Parliament. Walter Roban added that there were no guidelines for when human remains are d...

Community affairs minister Lovitta Foggo gave details today on the Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation’s summer day camp programme. To read Ms Foggo’s ministerial statement at the House of Assembly, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.

The Premier told a town hall-style meeting that proposed tax changes were designed to benefit the least well-off in Bermuda. He said: “The report on the tax commission has been submitted and I think the most important basis of that is that those pers...

A new senator called for better online opportunities for Bermudians in his maiden speech yesterday. Dwayne Robinson said that more could be done to keep Bermudian talent on the island. Mr Robinson, 24, added: “We have a lot of social-media influencer...

I have been pondering over several city and county names such as New York, New England, New Brunswick, and the list goes on. The common factor is the term “new”, but probably just as common is that at one time these were new visions by persons somewh...

Senators urged the Government to focus on job creation yesterday and raised concerns about the provision of affordable housing. A new line-up of legislators met to debate the Throne Speech, delivered by John Rankin, the Governor, earlier this month. ...

Bermuda is a small place, and I think that we all have cabin fever. But if one is discouraged from speaking freely because of how small the population is, and how we all know one another, can one still argue that we have free speech? It is difficult ...

The island’s defence force is to launch a fresh drive for new soldiers for the second of its new-style Recruit Camps. Volunteers for Recruit Camp Alpha, the first of two next year, have until the end of January next year to sign up for training, whic...

A farmer has pledged to support young people growing crops and raising chickens as part of a scheme designed to deter them from violence, Members of Parliament heard. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the man had offered his help ...

The views of organisations that commented on proposed reforms to healthcare financing are expected to be made public in the next few weeks. Kim Wilson, the health minister, told MPs a task force set up to review two options first presented six years ...

Charities have called for more attention to women’s problems and streamlined services to help struggling families in the wake of Government’s Throne Speech. Leaders of the Women’s Resource Centre and housing organisation Habitat for Humanity of Bermu...