Bermuda News Updates

“This is a fantastic initiative and yet another example of some of the positive developments coming from our correctional institutions,” said Minister of National Security Michael Weeks, JP, MP. 

It follows the news that eight Westgate Correctional Facility inmates are thriving in a voluntary programme to certify them in sustainable farming.

As a public reminder, and as a follow up to an advisory which was issued late February, due to water and subsequent electrical damage experienced at the Sammy Wilson Community Center (SWCC) on Angle Street, the facility is closed until at least early April.

The Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation (DYS&R) notes that the Ministry of Public Works are making the necessary repairs to the space.

As such, all programmes normally held at the Sammy Wilson Community Center are suspended until the facility reopens, which again is anticipated to be around early April.

Premier David Burt travelled to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to attend the Investopia 2023 at the invitation of H.E. Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri, the Minister of Economy for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

At the conference, the Premier met with the UAE Minister of Economy, the Chair of Abu Dhabi Global Markets, H.E. Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, the Minister of State for Foreign Trade, H.E Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi and had an audience with H.E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak Managing Director and CEO of Mubadala.

Thank you Mr. Speaker, I rise in this Honourable House to say simply our homeless people deserve shelter and this Government – with the able assistance of the Salvation Army – is doing its part in providing quality transitional housing and support programmes for the most vulnerable in our society.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to update this House and the listening public on essential but difficult decisions that have been taken to advance the Government’s commitment to reforming Bermuda’s public education system.