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A rollback of Payroll tax was approved yesterday in the House of Assembly, along with an extension of tax exemptions for international business and customs relief for retailers. The three financial acts were all passed by unanimous decision, and are ...

National Security Minister David Burch said Caribbean leaders are teaming up to consider security issues across the region. Senator Burch told the Senate that issue had been discussed at the meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Car...

A reduction in spending on Cabinet Office departments in the coming fiscal year will not be as dramatic as Government would like us to believe, according to former Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons. He told the House of Assembly last night that the 17 ...

Opposition MPs were annoyed on Monday when the Deputy Speaker said Ministers won’t have to give out printed copies of their Budget speeches despite new rules making the House of Assembly more transparent. Under normal circumstances, Ministerial State...

The House of Assembly has been transported to the 21st Century and has been equipped with WIFI internet access. Minister Without Portfolio Michael Weeks said members could now access information on the web for the House to enhance the level of parli...

Special Development Orders will be subject to Parliamentary scrutiny in future, after an amendment was made to the Development and Planning Act last night. Environment Minister Walter Roban admitted SDOs should have been subjected to such scrutiny ev...

Shadow Minister for Seniors Louise Jackson complained she deserves more respect after her speech to the House of Assembly on Friday was drowned out by laughing and shouting. The 80-year-old was repeatedly interrupted by Government hecklers including ...

The United Bermuda Party this afternoon called on Ministers to limit their Budget speeches in order to enable “robust and searching” debate. A two-week Budget debate is due to start tomorrow in the House of Assembly where Ministers will go through th...

Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards kicks off today’s Budget debate promising to prove Government is wrong to blame its financial woes on the recession. Delivering the official Opposition’s Budget Reply, Mr Richards will also put forward the United ...

No discussion of the environmental implications of the Tucker's Point SDO can be complete without considering it in relation to all of the other S.D.O.s that are going forward to try and revive other hotel properties. All of these, from Park Hyatt ...