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Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden questioned during the Budget debate of finance why government staff could not draw cash from the Contributory Pension Fund in times of hardship. David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said his government h...

Three pieces of legislation were passed without objection in the House of Assembly this week. Members of Parliament approved the Companies and Partnerships (Fees) Act 2018, the Motor Car Amendment Act 2018 and the Auxiliary Bicycles Amendment Act 20...

Municipal elections in May will be postponed for a year after home affairs minister Walton Brown launched an attack on the Corporation of Hamilton’s “failures of accountability”. The Municipalities Amendment Act, tabled yesterday by Mr Brown, will gi...

Hospital fees are to be adjusted in a move that will raise some costs and lower others, the health minister told the House of Assembly yesterday. Kim Wilson told MPs the changes will be “revenue-neutral to the hospital” and said the relative value me...

The Bermuda Government’s processing of insurance is to become more efficient, according to health minister Kim Wilson, with the approval of the Health Insurance Amendment Bill 2018. Ms Wilson told MPs that the legislation would “merge the Health Insu...

The Shadow Minister of Sport and Youth Development has called on the Government to do more to help Bermuda’s athletes reach their goals. Ben Smith told the House of Assembly that a “small increase” in funds for national sports governing bodies was “...

A nurse by profession, Kim Young carried her caring approach into her political career, former colleagues said yesterday. MPs paid tribute to the human rights activist and former United Bermuda Party Cabinet minister at the House of Assembly yesterda...

Regulations for casino gambling are to be introduced “without further delay”, tourism minister Jamahl Simmons told the House of Assembly yesterday. Mr Simmons blamed past members of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission for delays leading to a “stumbl...

Island artists and designers presented the Bermuda story to potential clients in New York as part of a marketing blitz. Jamahl Simmons, the tourism minister, told the House of Assembly last week that the evening event was held at a lower Manhattan ho...

Improved public transport could be in the pipeline after the Government launched a consultation. Transport minister Walter Roban told the House of Assembly a green paper on transport would bring “forward-thinking solutions” by early June. He said mor...

Criminal records are to be stored electronically and shared with British police forces, the Minister of National Security said last week. Wayne Caines said a member of the Association of Chief Police Officers Criminal Records Office, the criminal rec...

There is no money in this year’s budget for a review of the Southlands estate management plan. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said: “I indicated in the brief that there’s no funding in this year’s budget for it.” He w...