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Victories in the battle for equality paved the way for a world where young women feel less affected by discrimination, the island’s EU representative said yesterday. However, Renée Webb added that campaigns like tomorrow’s International Women’s Day w...

Funds earmarked for a Commission of Inquiry will not cover an investigation into the island’s child protection agency, the Premier has confirmed. David Burt told Scott Pearman, the Opposition shadow legal affairs minister, that the $325,000 set aside...

Drones could be drafted in to help police and other agencies in surveillance and search and rescue missions, the House of Assembly has heard. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said on Wednesday that a specialist from the United Kingdom...

“Unacceptable” conditions at the Westgate men’s prison will be tackled, the Minister of National Security has vowed. Wayne Caines was speaking after inmates at the West End jail highlighted their complaints to him. Mr Caines told the House of Assembl...

Soldiers who break rules on decommissioned weapons will be held accountable, the Minister of National Security has vowed. Wayne Caines told MPs that the Royal Bermuda Regiment behaved with “honour and integrity” and tackled matters “head on”. He was ...

An Opposition MP claimed “something don’t smell right” after he asked a Cabinet minister about the departure of the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s former chief executive. Michael Dunkley pressed Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, on th...

No fentanyl overdoses took place at the island’s prison, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, told MPs there was “nothing to substantiate” use of the drug. His comments came after Ben Smith, a One Be...

Work to replace East End bridges could start early next year, a public meeting heard last night. Austin Kenny, a senior structural engineer for the Department of Works and Engineering, told an audience at Penno’s Wharf in St George’s that the structu...

Remarks made by a well-known entertainer on social media were roundly condemned in the House of Assembly yesterday. Kim Swan, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, was the first to speak out about the “very insensitive comments”, which came from mu...

An Opposition proposal to set up a Cabinet sub-committee to pave the way for an education authority is irrelevant, the education minister has claimed. Diallo Rabain added that another suggestion for the introduction of an assistant director for maths...