• Bermudian Carnival Costume designers win competition

    We're celebrating Bermudian Excellence this Heritage Month. And today, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, the Hon. Lovitta Foggo congratulated this year’s winners of the Cultural Apprenticeship Showcase.

    Colita Cook-…

  • Dellwood Middle School Water System Update

    The Department of Education is advising that Dellwood Middle School students were dismissed at 1:15 pm today, 20 May, due to no running water at the school. The cause of the water stoppage was due to a broken water line.

    Plumbers were…

  • Bermudian receives grant to attend Diversity in Blockchain program

    Bermudian, Ms. Waheedah Mahasin Zarif, recently attended the 2019 Consensus Conference in New York, after receiving a grant from the Diversity in Blockchain Program and travel arrangements provided by the Cabinet Office.

    The biggest event…

  • Talented young singer wins Quest for The Best song competition

    Earlier this week, singer/songwriter Reis VanPutten, popularly known as “Ponaflex” was crowned the winner of the third annual Quest for the Best song competition for his song “Come Out”.

    Bermuda’s Reis VanPutten, is a diverse…

  • Seniors honoured during Heritage Month

    As part of the Heritage Month activities, the Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sports, honoured more than two dozen seniors last week (15 May) during the annual Seniors Awards Ceremony.

    The event, which took place at the Bermuda…

  • Government House Honours and Awards Ceremony

    Last Thursday (15 May), Deputy Premier, the Hon. Walter Roban, JP, MP, and the Minister of National Security, the Hon. Wayne M. Caines, JP, MP, joined Governor John Rankin in celebrating the service of those in the Bermuda Police Service, the…

  • Work Permit Policies and Immigration Initiatives

    Mr. Speaker, I rise today to update the Honourable House with an update of the proposed changes to work permit policies which begins with assessing jobs currently listed in the closed, restricted, special and open job categories. This government…

  • Kings Wharf Rehabilitation
    Ministerial Statement by the Minister of Public Works, Lt. Col. the Hon. David A. Burch, OBE (Mil), ED, JP, MP

    Good Morning Mr. Speaker.

    Last November I reported extensively on the plan for the complete refurbishment of King’s Wharf at the…

  • Amendments to the Premier and Opposition Leaders Personal Staffs Act

    Mr. Speaker, in a Statement to this Honourable House on 11th March 2019, I advised Honourable members of this Government’s intention to advance amendments to the Premier and Opposition Leaders Personal Staffs Act 1983, to start the process of…

  • European Union Tax Delisting

    Mr. Speaker, I addressed this Honourable House at its sitting last week to provide additional background information regarding the actions which Bermuda had taken to address issues related to the EU “Blacklist”.

    This included the political…