Establishing the South East Hamilton Economic Empowerment Zone
- Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker and Honourable Members,
Today I will be laying before this Honourable House a report proposing the establishment of an Economic Empowerment Zone in South East Hamilton.
Mr Speaker…
Department of Financial Assistance Annual Report 2022/2023
- Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker and Honourable Members,
I rise today to lay the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Department of Financial Assistance in accordance with section 3(4) of the Financial Assistance Act 2001.
Mr. Speaker…
Affordable Housing Progress
- Ministerial StatementGood Morning, Mr. Speaker.
“To provide accessibility to adequate and affordable housing and to promote independent living to enhance the quality of life in Bermuda.”
Mr. Speaker,…
Update on Bermuda International Airport Firefighters
- Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, since my last statement to this Honourable House on this matter, I am pleased to report that our twenty-three (23) local recruit firefighters that travelled to Newcastle U.K. on the 05th August 2023 for six weeks to…
Intention to make Expungement of Convictions (Criminal Records) Regulations 2023
- Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, Honourable Members, I rise today pleased to inform this Honourable House that the Expungement of Convictions (Criminal Records) Regulations 2023 [the Regulations] have been drafted and approved by Cabinet. They will…
Submarine Cable initiative, Google and Nuvem
- Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak about our new relationship with Google. Honourable Members will be aware of Google’s announcement of the Nuvem (the Portuguese word for Cloud) cable, a Trans-Atlantic cable…
Update on Tax Reform Commission
- Ministerial StatementMr. Speaker, I rise today to provide this Honourable House and the public with an update on the significant progress made thus far on the efforts to substantially reform Bermuda’s tax system.
Mr. Speaker,…
Cyber-Attack Update from Premier David Burt JP, MP
- Press ReleaseGood afternoon,
It has been one week since the Government of Bermuda experienced a sophisticated and deliberate cyberattack. Since last Thursday’s discovery and confirmation of the attack, impacted government systems are slowly and…
Payroll for Public Officers
- Press ReleaseA Government spokeperson this evening confirmed that the Ministry of Finance, in conjunction with Ministry and Department Controllers, would ensure payroll for Public Officers is run for both monthly and weekly paid staff.
“Following…
Health Insurance Department Update
- Press ReleaseThe Health Insurance Department is fully operational and accepting credit card payments.
Premium payments for active HIP and FutureCare policies can continue to be made via online banking.
New enrolments for HIP and FutureCare are…