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The junior finance minister warned high earners on notional salaries yesterday: “We’re coming after you.” Wayne Furbert also praised the Progressive Labour Party’s vision for growth and said the island was “heading for a renaissance”. He told MPs the...

The Progressive Labour Party’s pro-business approach for the latest Budget got high marks from the Opposition. However, One Bermuda Alliance MP Trevor Moniz queried whether the ruling party could balance its mission with its supporters. “The Budget t...

Last Sunday there was a family gathering at the Willowbank Hotel Conference Centre. Hundreds from across the island came together to honour the founders of the Progressive Labour Party, those who had laid the foundations for a better and fairer Bermu...

Spending on healthcare is not the same as investing in health, the Bermuda Health Council has warned. The watchdog said more money should be spent on the social causes of poor health after David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said Bermud...

The 2018-19 Budget and the stewardship of Bermuda’s economy will dominate today’s House of Assembly. A week after the Budget, Opposition leader and Shadow Minister of Finance Jeanne Atherden is to deliver the Reply to the Budget. A party spokesman sa...

KPMG believes that ongoing work on several major construction projects — the new airport terminal, Caroline Bay and the new St Regis hotel — will add investment spending amounting to about 8 per cent of gross domestic product over the next three year...

Disabled people will need more protection in the workplace in the wake of a Budget sweetener to boost their employment prospects, a leading campaigner warned yesterday. LaKiesha Wolffe welcomed the Budget announcement that the employer portion of pa...

A war of words broke out in the Senate yesterday over cuts in fees for MRI and CT medical scans. Andrew Simons of the One Bermuda Alliance said Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, had lied when she claimed the OBA ignored technical recommendations wh...

Amendments to relax restrictions on development at upmarket resort Tucker’s Point were approved in the Senate yesterday. The Tucker’s Point Resort Residential Development Special Development Amendment Order 2018 is intended to provide flexibility for...

When I read this year’s Budget in the relationship with the state of the economy and society, I had to fall back on my cricket analogies. The comparison I give would be that my opponent has declared at 350 and my team are on 110 and we just lost the ...

Dear Sir, Just switched on the Budget presentation on Channel 3 and what did I see? “Live House of Representatives”. One of your correspondents noted a couple of days ago that one of the TV stations referred to the House of Assembly as the House of ...

David Burt, in his recent Budget Statement, has announced plans to crack down on payroll tax abuse. The Premier gave the example of a partner in a law or accounting firm who might declare a notional salary of $200,000 but actually earn $1 million fro...