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Ministerial Statement: Department of Financial Assistance Annual Report 2018 - 2020

Mr. Speaker, 

This morning I rise to lay the 2018 - 2020 Annual Report of the Department of Financial Assistance (DFA) as prescribed by the Financial Assistance Act 2001, Section 3(4) which states: “the Director shall…

Ministerial Statement: COVID-19 Vaccine for Bermuda

Mr Speaker

I rise today to inform this Honourable House of the preliminary plan for COVID-19 vaccination in Bermuda.

Preparations are well underway to bring COVID-19 vaccine to Bermuda and I will outline what we…

Ministerial Statement: The Bermuda Public School System – Education Reform Update

Mr. Speaker

This morning I rise to provide my Honourable colleagues with an update on the Government’s commitment to reform the Bermuda Public School System. 

Mr. Speaker,

The…

Ministerial Statement: Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme - Progress on identifying Ocean Renewable Energy solutions

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to update this Honourable House on the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme or BOPP.

Mr. Speaker, Honourable members may be aware that in June 2019 the Government…

Ministerial Statement: BLDC Audited Financial Statements and Report on Operations for the years ended 31st March 2012 to 2018

Mr. Speaker, I lay before this Honourable House the Bermuda Land Development Company’s Audited Financial Statements and Annual Reports for the years 2012 – 2018.

Mr. Speaker, the purpose of the BLDC is to…

Ministry of Education – The Berkeley Institute Update

The Chief Medical Officer has advised that the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (ESU) of the Ministry of Health has become aware of a potential exposure at The Berkeley Institute to someone confirmed with COVID-19. The person confirmed…

Public Bus Service Suspended Until Further Notice

Public Bus Service Suspended Until Further Notice

The Department of Public Transportation (DPT) wishes to advise the public that the public bus service will be suspended pending advice from the Ministry of Health. …

Ministry of Education - West Pembroke Primary School Update 10 December 2020

Based on an updated risk assessment and in response to potential exposure to COVID19 by the Ministry of Health, the Chief Medical Officer has today directed that all West Pembroke P1 and P2 students and associated teachers be quarantined for…

Employment and Labour Legislative Amendments, 10 December 2020

I would like to take this opportunity to remind the public of the tabling of two critical pieces of legislation:

The public will know…

COVID-19 Daily Release 10 December 2020

Good Day Members of the Media, 

There were 1239 test results received by the Ministry of Health yesterday (9 December 2020), and 24 were positive for COVID-19. 

14 of the new cases are classified as local transmission with…