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King’s Wharf in Dockyard is to undergo extensive rehabilitation, the House heard yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said that the wharf’s building and deck needed to be “completely rebuilt” in a short window of t...

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...

Environmentalists have highlighted a string of issues missing from the Government’s Throne Speech that could offer greater help to Bermuda’s marine life. Jonathan Starling and Thaddeus Murdoch claimed there was room for more to address the challenges...

The Premier is back in Parliament after he and a Cabinet member experienced a weather-related delay. David Burt and Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, were absent this morning as MPs convened in the House of Assembly on the day of the Respon...

The public service faces an impending wave of retirements, Parliamentarians heard this morning. Walton Brown, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said that the Government’s “workforce is ageing and there are skills shortages in key areas of the Ser...

Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, provided an update on vacation rentals in the House of Assembly this morning. Mr DeSilva said: This House will recall that the Throne Speech included a short section on the issue of tax relief fo...

Roadside sobriety tests have resulted in 49 arrests since the programme was launched, the House of Assembly heard this morning. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said that about 100 vehicles were stopped at each location each night. ...

Two new cases managers will bolster Ageing and Disability Services, the health minister announced this morning. Kim Wilson said the new employees would begin work in January. She told the House of Assembly that the office would also introduce walk-...

Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, provided updates on the Bermuda Sport Anti-Doping Authority financial statements and annual report for 2018 in the House of Assembly today. Ms Foggo said: Under the Anti-Doping in S...

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, tabled the 2017-2018 annual report of Bermuda College in the House of Assembly this morning. Mr Rabain said: This morning I am pleased to rise before this Honourable House to table the 2017-2018 Annual Repor...

Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, provided updates on the Deparment of Workforce Development Programmes in the House of Assembly this morning. Ms Foggo said: Mr Speaker, I rise today to provide this Honourable Hou...

The tourism minister is to be given greater say over the Bermuda Tourism Authority under legislation tabled at the convening of the House of Assembly. The amendments were brought before MPs by Zane DeSilva, the new Minister of Tourism and Transport, ...