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Moving more people from unemployment benefit to Financial Assistance will help identify barriers to employment, the economy and labour minister said yesterday. Jason Hayward said: “Our aim is to transition as much people as we possibly can on to the ...

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Education minister, Diallo Rabain, has denied that Government foot-dragging over deciding when eight primary schools will shut in a major shake-up has left parents in limbo. Ministers first announced the radical reforms in December 2020, but work on ...

Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, and the Minister of Education, Diallo Rabain, will talk on the Budget and how it affects their ministries.

Expected cuts to Bermuda’s aviation industry revenue triggered by sanctions against Russia have been dramatically reduced by the Government. But Lawrence Scott, the Transport Minister, appeared yesterday to be unable to say exactly why this had occur...

Ground could be broken on a new fishing facility by the start of next year, the economy minister has revealed. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, said during the budget debate on Monday that much progress had been made on the plan for...

Ministers denied the Premier and finance minister was hiding behind them with an insistence they announced budget cuts instead of doing it himself. David Burt, who took the finance minister’s portfolio after the shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson ...

Changes to the Covid-19 “fit to fly” regulations to open up the market to the private sector have been announced. The Bermuda Health Council has updated the rules on antigen testing for the coronavirus. Ricky Brathwaite, the CEO of the BHeC, said: “...

The “irrational carnage” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be a major blow to Bermuda’s economy, an Opposition MP warned in the Budget debate. Michael Dunkley of the One Bermuda Alliance highlighted the size of Ukraine’s economy and resources and ...

The Premier is a “slippery-tongued” deceiver who has hiked payroll tax, the Opposition leader told the House of Assembly yesterday. Cole Simons accused David Burt, also the finance minister, of deliberately misleading the public. He said: “The Minis...