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The Department of Immigration plans to phase out hard-copy paper certificates, letters and work permit documents as part of an effort to automate the island’s immigration system. A paperless immigration system is being developed, the labour minister ...

A key weapon in the war against drugs, firearms and other contraband has been under repair for two years, The Royal Gazette can reveal. But a government spokeswoman insisted that the $2.6 million hi-tech Customs X-ray scanner at Hamilton Docks had re...

Unionised public transport workers said yesterday that complaints about the director of the public transport department were unresolved more than a month after they filed a motion of no confidence. A spokeswoman said the no-confidence motion against ...

More than 50 abandoned boats are to be hauled out of the water and destroyed. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transport said that 17 vessels had recently been identified in addition to 37 other boats that had already been earmarked for disposal. Th...

A fleet of electric buses will cut the high level of cancellations, the director of the Department of Public Transportation said. Roger Todd said the 30 hi-tech vehicles would also be better-suited to the island’s narrow roads than older buses. He ad...

A guidance session to help young Bermudians to earn scholarships will be held by the Department of Workforce Development today. A spokesman for the Ministry of Labour said: “For many in our community, college and university educations are vital for s...

More than $4m has been spent on the first of a fleet of electric buses, a public access to information announcement has revealed. Costs associated with the 30 electric buses, parts and shipping amounted to $4.09m. The notice in the Official Gazette a...

The opposition One Bermuda Alliance is to raise questions in Parliament over delayed repairs to a pilot boat that suffered severe damage after it ran aground. An OBA spokeswoman said that questions had been submitted to the Government on the St David...

Keeva Joell-Benjamin has become Bermuda’s first female Commissioner of Corrections. The appointment of the 30-year veteran of the prison service became effective on January 17, it was announced. She had held the position in an acting capacity since 2...

The government should update details on spending habits so it can better calculate the rate of inflation, a top economist has said. Craig Simmons said that a consumer spending survey had not been conducted since 2013 – and that shopping habits had ch...

A Cabinet minister who has been off the job since last September is expected to return to the job, the Premier said. David Burt did not give a date for the return of Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, but signalled that the mi...

A Government minister remained tight-lipped when questioned about progress on several flagship projects. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister and also the acting public works minister, faced questions on the developments as he gave an update on...