Royal Gazette

The Government is committed to the modernisation and diversification of the banking sector in Bermuda, including the expansion of banking services that support key initiatives within the island’s Econ…

Sweeping changes to payroll tax, with exempt companies incurring no extra tax liability, were promised in the Government’s blueprint for the 2023-24 fiscal year laid before the House of Assembly by Da…

A section of the eastbound lane on Front Street will be closed to traffic starting on Monday so that paving can be done, the City announced yesterday.
The closure will be in effect from the Supermart…

The Chamber of Commerce has applauded the Government’s plans for the next financial year — and expressed relief that taxes were not raised in today’s Budget.
But in a statement, the Chamber warned th…

Lifting the payroll tax ceiling to $1 million could drive away foreign investment and jobs, Cole Simons, One Bermuda Alliance leader, has suggested.
The OBA leader claimed the Budget showed the Premie…

There are a lot of numbers in the Budget. These charts might help to make sense of them.

A sweeping overhaul of workers’ taxes for the coming fiscal year was “absolutely” welcome news for Bermuda’s lower earners, a charity head declared today.
The remarks came after David Burt, the Premie…

The Progressive Labour Party may have been in office for almost 19 out of the last 24 years, but any hurdles that it has failed to surmount are the fault of the opposition One Bermuda Alliance, accord…

Medical tourism remains on the table as an option for Bermuda, with an announcement that foreign investors had shown interest in developing a new service on the island.
David Burt’s Budget statement i…

Lack of government spending on civil infrastructure has increased the risk of “catastrophic failure”, David Burt said while outlining the largest capital spend increase in 13 years.
In his budget stat…

The Government is set to modify its controversial sugar tax to reduce duty on low-sugar products.
While the tax was intended to encourage residents to choose healthy food options, the measures have co…

The Government is to crack down on tax dodgers who owe millions of dollars in unpaid fees.
During today’s Budget presentation, David Burt said that more than $7 million could be recovered this year fr…

Sweeping changes to payroll tax, with exempt companies incurring no extra tax liability, were promised in the Government’s blueprint for the 2023-24 fiscal year laid before the House of Assembly by Da…

The failed hotel project at Morgan’s Point will be converted into a residential development along with a restaurant and retail complex, the Premier revealed during the national budget this morning.
D…

Attached under related media is the Budget statement in full, read by the Premier and the Minister of Finance, David Burt this morning.

A former teacher who launched a defamation lawsuit against the Ministry of Education denied yesterday that the action was not a genuine claim.
Karen Clemons has alleged that documents included in her …

A celebration of Black History Month on Court Street is aimed at highlighting the positive – under the theme of “embracing your culture, your heritage and your future”.
Nadine Dillas of the Court Stre…

A young entrepreneur claims she has been “targeted” for challenging the Government over its refusal to grant her Covid-19 social insurance relief.
Shi-Vaughn Lee, owner of Dove & Butterfly, allege…

The Premier tonight admitted that Bermuda’s crumbling infrastructure was “not in keeping with … an important international finance centre” as he revealed capital spending in tomorrow’s Budget will b…

Plans to turn Sandys Secondary Middle School into a new “signature” senior school this September have been delayed, according to Diallo Rabain, the education minister.
The detail came as Mr Rabain ann…

The tourism industry is continuing its gradual recovery, but visitor arrivals are still well below pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest statistics.
The island played host to 553,000 visitors …

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Kyari Flood, 23, whose body was discovered near Friswells Hill in Pembroke on Monday.
Police said a 19-year-old was taken into custo…

The number of micro forests on the island is expected to double by the end of the year thanks to the sponsorship of a leading bank.
HSBC Bermuda has teamed up with the Bermuda Zoological Society as le…

The former head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority will be one of four guest speakers taking part in a panel discussion on the hospitality industry later this month.
Charles Jeffers II, who was the chie…

Members of the public will be able to share tributes to a late politician and lawyer next week, the Government announced today.
A book of condolence for the family of Arthur Hodgson will be available…

Police, including an officer with a firearm and a canine, descended on an address at Dundonald Street in Hamilton this morning.
Several police vehicles were in place by 11.30am and remained at the sce…

More than 1,200 students have now completed a survey in a research project on adolescent mental health in Bermuda.
Daniel Cavanagh, a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, who is conducting th…