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Breaking Barriers-Beyond the Trauma

Mr. Speaker,

March is social work month and the 2023 theme set by the US National Association of Social Workers is “Social Work Breaks Barriers”. This theme highlights and proclaims how social work breaks the barriers that…

National Plan for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families 2023-2028

Mr. Speaker,

It is with great pleasure that I rise this morning to share with my Honourable colleagues the Government’s five-year National Plan for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, 2023 to 2028. This is a first for…

Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service Update

Mr. Speaker, I would like to provide this Honourable House with an update on the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service.

Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members will recall that this Honourable House passed the Fire…

Summer Student Entrepreneur Programme

Good morning Mr. Speaker; I rise today to provide an update on an initiative spearheaded by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, which aims to help the Island's next generation of young, entrepreneurial minds launch and…

Employment (Minimum Hourly Wage) Order 2023

Good morning, Mr. Speaker.

I am pleased to rise today to inform Members of this Honourable House that today we have made a minimum wage in Bermuda a reality. Our people deserve it.  They deserve to enjoy decent work…

Junior Minister of Finance Statement on Government Fees Amendment Regulations 2023

The Junior Minister of Finance, Senator Arianna Hodgson, is today clarifying a statement she made in the Senate yesterday (March 23, 2023).

Senator Hodgson explained, “In my brief presented to the Senate on The Government Fees Amendment…

Minister of Economy & Labour Congratulates Bermuda Business Development Agency for Holding Successful Bermuda Risk Summit

The Minister of Economy & Labour, The Hon. Jason Hayward, JP, MP, today congratulated the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) on holding its second annual Bermuda Risk Summit on March 6-8, 2023.

The 2023 Bermuda Risk…

Security exercise brings together authorities from the UK, US and Bermuda

Senior Government representatives from Bermuda, the UK, and the US convened this week to work through how rapid international assistance could be provided to Bermuda in the unlikely event of a severe incident.

Today’s (March 22) tabletop…

King Charles III Express Stamp Release

The Bermuda Post Office’s (BPO) Philatelic Bureau is pleased to announce the release of a commemorative $35 Stamp, to mark the Coronation His Majesty King Charles III. 
Bermuda’s stamp is the first to be issued within the Commonwealth or…

The Employment Act 2000 Also Applies to Live-In Domestic Employees

The Ministry of Economy and Labour reminds all employers of Live-In Domestic workers/employees that the provisions in the Employment Act 2000, which sets out the rights of employees, also apply to all Live-In Domestic employees,…