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Some of Bermuda’s lowest-paid workers could triple their wages within three years after a national living wage is introduced. Economic experts, union officials and employers should decide on the living wage, to be implemented by 2021, according to a ...

Affordable housing in Bermuda will be boosted by “at least 55 additional units” as the Bermuda Housing Corporation adds to its existing inventory. Meanwhile, the Harmony Club, which the Government purchased in 2008, is now vacated by police and is be...

The One Bermuda Alliance insisted today that it complied with a request from the Parliamentary Registrar not to use confidential voter information after it was sent to them by mistake. The Opposition spoke out after the Parliamentary Registrar’s off...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch issued an apology to a farming leader yesterday as he conceded farming leases had been neglected. The Minister of Public Works also told the House of Assembly all leases for arable lands would now be extended to 21 year...

Legislation to introduce quad bike tours was approved by the House of Assembly, despite the opposition of environmental groups. Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport, said tours will be limited to seven vehicles and will only be allowed on paved ro...

An enhanced immigration policy boosting opportunities for local entertainers comes into force at the end of the month. Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly there will be closer scrutiny of employers. The move means B...

More than a year after firefighters were assured a new ladder truck was on its way, they were told yesterday it would be at least another 12 months before a replacement would be ready for use. The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service’s efforts were hamper...

Ten scholarships, valued at $10,000 each, have been handed out under the Public Service Bursary Scheme. Government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said the move would help young Bermudians fill essential technical and professional posts within the publ...

Department of Workforce Development scholarships were handed to 34 students. Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly 16 received up to $10,000 each for the National Technical Vocational Training scholarship and six were awarded the Technical Vocatio...

Fears over future public access to the beach next to the St Regis Resort, which is under construction in St George’s, could be settled after the House of Assembly sits today. MPs will debate the St George’s Resort Act 2018, which will include a guara...

Rolfe Commissiong pledged “relief is on the way” as he tabled a report on a living wage in Bermuda. Mr Commissiong, chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the establishment of a living wage, urged MPs to consider the plight of the po...

Roadside breath tests were backed by the Senate today. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, told the Upper House that the legislation covered the setting up of checkpoints, as well as obtaining breath testing equipment and the formalising of pre...