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Bermuda Housing Trust Audited Financials for the Year 2022

Mr. Speaker, I have today as Minister with responsibility for Housing the pleasure of tabling the most recent audited financial statements for the Bermuda Housing Trust, the statutory body charged with providing seniors in…

Amendments to the Tourism Investment Act 2017

Mr. Speaker, it is with considerable pleasure that I rise today to inform this Honourable House that Cabinet recently approved amendments to the Tourism Investment Act 2017.

Mr. Speaker, the purpose of these amendments is…

What is our Role in Health System Transformation

Mr Speaker and Honourable Members,

The first strategic principle of the Bermuda Health Strategy 2022-2027 is, “Promoting healthy living and preventative care”.

As we strive for a healthier Bermuda, living a…

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…