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Government Senate Leader argues visit supported Bermuda’s business development objectives

Sports minister hits back at Ben Smith after former Shadow Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport calls for his resignation

Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that although there are almost 60 foster families on the island, more are needed

Taxpayers have still not been told the cost of half-a-dozen trips abroad by David Burt and Cabinet ministers this year despite the Government pledging to “continuously update” the public on the price of such visits. The Premier has yet to reveal how...

A recommendation was made for the Ministry of Finance headquarters to “seek training and support” to help maintain residents’ rights to ask for access to records. Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, included the suggestion in a decisio...

A specialist centre for people with learning and physical problems has closed due to Covid-19, it was revealed today. The K Margaret Carter Centre in Devonshire is expected to reopen on March 28. A spokeswoman for the social development and seniors m...

A $7 million package of improvements to the Tynes Bay incinerator in the next financial year is just a fraction of the cost of the wish list for the ageing waste disposal centre, a minister said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public w...

More should be done to tackle gender inequality in Bermuda, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors has said. Tinée Furbert said it was important to celebrate women who broke down the barriers that held them back — but that more work had to be...

More than $7 million will be allocated to Covid-19 pandemic response work in the next financial year, the health minister announced yesterday. Kim Wilson said that the funding would also support the Molecular Diagnostics and Research Laboratory, at p...

The Premier yesterday refused to outline which public services would be cut in the Budget axe. David Burt signalled a “significant amount of reductions in services” in last Friday’s Budget speech. But Mr Burt, also the finance minister, yesterday avo...

A government minister off work ill for about six months has returned to the job, the Premier announced last night. David Burt said Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, was “back at his desk” after being on sick leave since Septe...

The education minister yesterday apologised for “any discomfort caused” by a social media post that suggested all those around him were losing their heads and blaming him. Diallo Rabain made the post – a quote from If, a poem by British writer Rudya...