The first Throne Speech of this Progressive Labour Party government, which was delivered in September 2017, made many promises and, while many items have been addressed, much remains to be done in spite of one minister at the time, who was fired or r...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Michael Dunkley
Boosting Bermuda’s population must accompany proposed overhauls for its tax regime, according to a tax reform report tabled on Friday in the House.
The bipartisan Tax Reform Commission’s recommendations, built from 400 hours of research, was hailed b...
DATE: Nov 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government could reap an extra $147 million over a two to three-year period if policy recommendations from the Tax Reform Commission are implemented, MPs heard this morning.
The commission’s report was tabled in the House of Assembly by W...
DATE: Nov 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Opposition leader Craig Cannonier will give his Reply to the Throne Speech in the House of Assembly today.
MPs will hear from the One Bermuda Alliance after the Government outlined its plans for the year last week.
Mr Cannonier was expected to delive...
Lawyer Eugene Johnston revealed he relied on his support network because his family had “no ability to eat” when he found himself out of work.
Mr Johnston, who has handled a series of prominent court cases over the past decade, fell on hard times aft...
DATE: Oct 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
Taxpayers will continue to “pick up the slack” if workers do not get a living wage, a public forum heard this week.
Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said financial assistance for food and housing for struggling Bermudians was ...
Public opinion on the introduction of a living wage for Bermuda will be heard at a forum next week.
People have been invited to listen to a panel of speakers and give their views after legislators approved a parliamentary report on the subject.
Rolfe...
DATE: Oct 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
The “real work” starts now to deliver a pay structure in Bermuda that aims to lift low-income workers off the breadline.
More than two years after Rolfe Commissiong, a government backbencher, first moved to launch a committee that would consider a li...
DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Fiona McWhirter
A single platform pledge out of 21 made by the Government for its first one hundred days remains uncompleted, Bermuda’s Premier has claimed.
However, an in-depth interview with David Burt suggested that some promises said to be fulfilled are only wo...
The Government has done an “admirable” job of increasing opportunities for Bermudians, the Premier claimed yesterday.
David Burt highlighted the amount of legislation that has gone through Parliament since the Progressive Labour Party took power and ...
