Recently (June 10), the Minister of Transport, Lawrence Scott and the Head of the Public Service, Dr. Derrick Binns recognized the Ministry of Transport’s Stacey Evans as the May recipient of the Public Service Excellence Award (PSEA). The PSEA is a programme that aims to encourage outstanding achievement and recognize Public Officers who are demonstrating […]Read More
The Government remains committed to engaging and connecting with the community on a number of important policies, programmes and initiatives that affect the people. And in the upcoming weeks, there will be town hall meetings taking place to provide the public with an opportunity to learn more about two Throne Speech pledges: Signature Learning Schools […]Read More
“Since September 2021, the Ministry of Transport has contracted the services of two minibus companies to operate school student transportation. As with any Government, contract vendors are required to comply with banking regulations and due diligence requirements to operate a business. The Ministry contracted with two minibus companies to provide student transportation. Due […]Read More
Like many countries around the world, Bermudians live in a digital economy, with much of our financing, shopping and other personal services supported digitally. The education and the international banking sectors are also advancing to meet the growing demand for online access to a plethora of new learning opportunities, as well as for the development […]Read More
The OBA takes some small comfort in the changes to the TA announced by the Government. The changes will make the process easier but the changes also create a two-tier system and continues to put Bermuda at a disadvantage when compared to competing and other jurisdictions. “Being able to start the TA process 30 days […]Read More
Charles Jeffers II, who was appointed as CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) in March of last year, has departed the organization, the BTA board announced recently. Mr Jeffers did not provide a reason for his departure. In a statement, BTA chairman Wayne Caines thanked Mr. Jeffers for his contributions to Bermuda during a […]Read More
I am happy to provide an update on the Travel Authorisation process and some of the most recent changes that we have made. You will recall the Premier stated in January of this year that Bermuda’s Travel Authorisation (TA), which has served us well since commercial flights resumed in July 2020, will be in place […]Read More
“A milestone for Bermuda’s Fintech industry” said Premier & Minister of Finance David Burt as he congratulated Jewel Bank, Bermuda’s first new bank in 21 years, following the issuance of their new full banking licence and Class F digital asset business license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) on Monday. “One of the major headwinds […]Read More
Since the last update, the Ministry of Health received 9203 test results, and 343 were positive for the coronavirus, giving a test positivity rate of 4%. These results are from testing done on: Tuesday: 74 positive out of 1711 results (4.3% positivity) Wednesday: 44 positive out of 1337 results (3.3% positivity) Thursday: 57 positive out […]Read More
I can confirm that one person attended the hospital emergency room with a non-life-threatening storm- related injury incurred during the clean-up period. Our essential services and emergency crews from the Parks Department and Public Works were out early this morning, clearing our roads to ensure that we were up and running as quickly as possible. […]Read More