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Public school teachers were to blame for not getting paid for September because they did not provide paperwork in time, Diallo Rabain, the education minister, told MPs yesterday. Mr Rabain said they would get their salaries at the end of this week, ...

Moves to stop hospitality staff having to hand over payroll tax on their tips have been passed by MPs. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office Minister, said the change was needed to cover tips generated by a service charge on customer bills. The minister ...

More than $21 million is to be spent renovating older homes to increase the amount of affordable housing, MPs were told yesterday. Delivering a statement to MPs, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said that the Cabinet had ...

A final sign-off on the long-awaited deal to secure the $376 million Fairmont Southampton revamp appears imminent, David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday. Mr Burt has made similar statements on at least two occasions since April, but blamed delays o...

Help for first-time buyers and tidying-up payroll tax anomalies will be gone over by MPs in the final House of Assembly session before November’s Throne Speech. David Burt, the Premier, said The Payroll Tax Amendment Act clarified aspects of the tax ...

One Bermuda Alliance deputy leader Jarion Richardson has warned that the island is in danger of becoming a one-party state. The former police officer insisted his party was still relevant and that the OBA name did not stand for “Only Barely Alive”. H...

The Progressive Labour Party has moved to quash allegations that the Premier asked MPs to sign an agreement not to challenge him on policy decisions. The allegations were made on social-media outlets, claiming that a Memorandum of Understanding effec...

The Premier, David Burt, gave a briefing today, giving an update on Gencom, the TA form and economic relief. He said the deal with Gencom and the Southampton Princess was almost done, that once the TA form ends at the end of November there will be no...

Canadian firefighters brought to the island to bolster numbers at the airport receive about $4,500 in monthly housing allowances, it was revealed in the Senate yesterday. The Reverend Emily Gail Dill, the Junior Minister of National Security and Tran...

Senators approved legislation which would allow external auditing for the Bermuda College to help the institution maintain international accreditation. Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, Education, and Public Works, said the Ne...