The nutshell: Government is planning on spending just under $1.2 billion over the next year, while raking in just under $1.1 billion. It will borrow the difference of about $89 million. About 16 % of its estimated spend will be vaporised by interest payments on Bermuda’s $2.5 billion debt, leaving just over $1 billion for […]
Premier: Bermuda’s debt will be under control by 2019 – Budget 2018/19
Premier David Burt has repeated a pledge that 2019 is the year Bermuda’s debt will be brought under control by ending a ten year run of annual increases in net debt. And in his first Budget Statement, he told the House of Assembly that, while the debt is just $60 million shy of the mandatory debt […]
Policy changes target foreign direct investment, economic growth – Budget 2018/19
Premier and Finance Minister David Burt has announced major policy changes aimed at stimulating the economy, including relaxation of the longstanding 60-40 rule, opening up the legal industry to global law firms and expanding the banking industry. And Government will also be relaxing height restrictions for residential and mixed-use developments in the Hamilton Economic Empowerment […]
Opposition Leader on Tax Reform Commission
Opposition Leader and Shadow Finance Minister Jeane Atherden is among the members of the Tax Reform Commission. The newly formed Commission was unveiled today by Premier David Burt, who reminded the public that he was fulfilling a commitment made when his party was in Opposition. These commissioners have a mammoth task ahead of them, but […]
Mental health patients’ right to refuse medical treatment to be secured under proposed new rules
Patients with mental disorders will be given the right to consent to – or refuse – medical treatment under a radical and overdue overhaul of Bermuda’s mental health laws. The raft of proposed changes also include establishing a mental health regulatory authourity, community treatment orders and a code of practice. Health Minister Kim Wilson announced […]
Progress has been made on LGBTQ issues – OUTBermuda
LGBTQ lobby group OUTBermuda is looking on the bright side in the wake of the final approval of the Domestic Partnership Act. In a statement reacting to the development, the group recognises that the DPA satisfies international human rights requirements and highlights progress made for the LGBTQ community since sexual orientation discrimination was outlawed in […]
Marriage Equality fight to continue say advocates
Government says it is pioneering human rights for LGBTQ community
Bermuda is now among the few territories – if ranked alongside English speaking Caribbean nations – to provide legal recognition for same sex couples, but advocates for “marriage equality” say they will continue the fight after the Domestic Partnership Act was given the final approval by Governor John Rankin yesterday. The law which provides for…...
Senior magistrate sounds warning on island drug use
Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe says that the courts are seeing a “population of lost boys” whose drug use is severely impacting their life chances and has called for sustained anti-drug education and rehabilitation programs. Speaking at Friday’s Supreme Court ceremony to mark the start of the Legal Year, Mr Wolffe cited statistics which show that…...
Atherden goes silent on CT scan fee claims
Opposition Leader and former Health Minister Jeane Atherden has ignored repeated requests to clarify her role in setting MRI and CT scan fees in the wake of Government’s assertion that technical recommendations were not followed. According to the Health Ministry, lower fee reimbursements than those recommended were implemented as a result. In a January 22…...
Women dominate Peace Builders initiative
Bermuda’s latest initiative to tackle gang violence is going to be driven by women if attendance at the inaugural Peace Builders training session is any indication. But there is some hope that the project would attract a more diverse following – including even some of the estimated 300 people associated in some way with gangs…....
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