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Repair work on Palmetto Road should be completed in a matter of months, according to Public Works Minister Craig Cannonier. Responding to complaints about the lack of progress by area MP Michael Weeks, Mr Cannonier said work to gunite the cliff has b...

Shadow Tourism Minister Zane DeSilva has lambasted Government for cutting the grant given to the Bermuda Tourism Authority. Mr DeSilva told the House of Assembly on Friday night that “it makes no sense” to reduce the BTA’s budget by $1.4 million to $...

Derrick Burgess, the former Deputy Leader of the Progressive Labour Party, has launched a scathing attack on both his and his party’s critics. The Member of Parliament for Hamilton East lashed out at the end of Friday’s House of Assembly session over...

The Protection of Birds Amendment Act has been passed in the House of Assembly extending the power to destroy “pest” birds to anyone authorised by Environment Minister Jeanne Atherden. Members on both side of the House voiced support for the legisla...

The House of Assembly will henceforth mark the passing of former legislators with a minute’s silence, under a show of respect proposed by Speaker Randy Horton. Members of Parliament duly stood in silence in memory of Vincent Bridgewater, who represen...

Elderly patients are being abandoned at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, causing a shortage of beds that has led to the postponement of surgeries, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden told the House of Assembly. “Our hospital is being used as a residenc...

Bermuda Tourism Authority staff who meet performance objectives are eligible for bonuses of five to 30 per cent of their baseline salary, Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell told the House of Assembly yesterday. “As of this morning, I was advised that n...

Bermuda’s failure to meet its own goals for spending cuts is “unfortunate” and “will not play out well with rating agencies and our creditors”, according to Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development. Under the middle-term expenditure frame...

Shadow Finance Minister, David Burt, has condemned Government’s strategy of “across the board cuts” to tackle Bermuda’s financial problems. He also accused the One Bermuda Alliance of “a stream of policy reversals in the last 72 hours” that proved cu...

The House of Assembly last night approved increased land tax for commercial properties, aimed at creating additional revenue for Government. The Land Tax Amendment Act 2015 will raise rates for commercial properties from 4.4 per cent to 5.5 per cent....

Problems within the Department of Public Transport featured strongly as Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell delivered his budget brief yesterday. Mr Crockwell said Government hopes to introduce a new bus schedule this summer — the first new schedule in...

The Opposition’s record in government was assailed in Parliament by Premier Michael Dunkley after the One Bermuda Alliance was condemned as lacking in transparency and accountability. “Nonsense — arrant nonsense,” Mr Dunkley said in an exchange durin...