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“Fundamental changes” to Bermuda’s taxation regime could come with some form of tax on rental income in the 2022-23 Budget, the Premier has revealed. David Burt said the Tax Reform Commission, set up in 2017, continues to examine an overhaul of taxat...

Bermuda will get its first casino in 2021, the Premier has pledged. David Burt said the island’s banks had been the only block to the gambling industry – for more than six years after the legislation was approved. But he added that problems had been...

Exactly 100 days after David Burt led his Progressive Labour Party to an historic landslide election victory on October 1, 2020, the Premier sat down with The Royal Gazette for an exclusive interview on Friday. This is the full interview. Will t...

The Premier said new products were being created in the financial technology sector – although progress was slower than he had wanted. Mr Burt admitted: “I would have liked it to advance faster. “But I think we are in a far better position as a count...

The Minister of Public Works yesterday defended a decision to relocate a government department to offices owned by a Progressive Labour Party MP. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch hit back after the The Royal Gazette reported yesterday that the Departm...

A second government department has rented office space from a company linked to a Progressive Labour Party MP – at a cost of almost $800,000 a year. The Department of Child and Family Services has signed a five-year contract with F&E Holdings, where ...

The Opposition today attacked the Government for a failure to deal with legislation in the Senate. Ben Smith, the One Bermuda Alliance senate leader, said the Progressive Labour Party delay in dealing with eleven Bills was “bizarre”. He added that he...

On December 11 during a busy session in Parliament, one of the Bills debated was the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 2020. The Bill consolidated the Trade Union Act 1965, the Labour Relations Act 1975 and the Labour Disputes Act ...

This country has opened its new state-of-the-art, 21st-century-and-beyond, iconic airport on Wednesday. A total of 885 Bermudians have worked on the site since construction started in 2017 and about 400 island companies got work from this major proje...

“Every time I hear the crack of a whip My blood runs cold” — Bob Marley Every time that many Bermudians drive or walk near the gates of the House of Assembly on Reid Street or Parliament Street, their blood runs cold. Deep in their sou...

A Progressive Labour Party senator was today appointed as Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports. Ernest Peets was sworn in by John Rankin, the Governor, at a ceremony at Government House in Pembroke. Dr Peets said: “This appointment is something for ...

Major changes to the tax system and the introduction of a levy on capital gains were today signalled in the Progressive Labour Party’s Throne Speech blueprint for the next legislative year. The Throne Speech added legislation would be tabled to alter...