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David Burt is to host a town hall meeting to discuss initiatives set out in the Throne Speech. The Premier will be joined in the “community conversation” on Tuesday evening by Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, and Kim Wilson, the Minister of ...

A new labour department will allow the Government to ensure that workers are afforded their full benefits — including the upcoming minimum wage of $16.40 an hour. Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister, said there would be no increase to the ...

A contract for new, island-wide CCTV security cameras will be awarded after a Cabinet review, according to Michael Weeks, the Minister of National Security. A procurement notice posted by the ministry in July called for a hybrid fibre-optic and wirel...

A review of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service will include an assessment of manpower needs and its recruitment criteria, the national security minister said this week. Michael Weeks said the service had roughly 77 staff at present, but he said he w...

David Burt sidelined input from MPs in the run-up to putting together the Throne Speech because he was too focused on getting re-elected as Progressive Labour Party leader, party sources have told The Royal Gazette. The traditional “retreat” gatheri...

Bermuda’s loss of direct flights to the major New England gateway city of Boston is linked to the island’s fall in hotel capacity, according to the Minister of Tourism. Vance Campbell said he was “confident” that transport minister Wayne Furbert wou...

The end of the $40 Travel Authorisation form has been welcomed by Vance Campbell, the tourism minister, who said it was “good that we have that distraction out of the way” to focus on real issues. The form, originally imposed as border protection aga...

The Government’s hopes that an airline would provide a direct service to Boston this month have been dashed

Electric vehicles brought to the island will be subject to import duty — although the transport minister said it was too early to say when. Wayne Furbert, speaking at a press conference yesterday in the wake of the 2022 Throne Speech, said that he ha...

Pesticides, including the controversial weedkiller Roundup, are to get tighter governmental oversight, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister. The glyphosate-based product, manufactured by the agrochemical firm Monsanto, has come under fire as ...

A push for independence will bring Bermuda a financial burden it can ill afford, the Opposition has insisted. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, claimed that David Burt is getting ahead of the people for the sake of his own personal poli...

Bermuda needs to have a serious conversation about the “firestorm” issue of self-government, David Burt said as he ruled out a referendum on independence during the lifetime of this Parliament, which is slated to end in 2025. The Premier used a post...