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More than half of the House of Assembly’s 36 MPs contributed to yesterday’s debate on the Cannabis Licensing Act 2020. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and legal affairs minister, started the debate and claimed that the Act was a push bac...

The opposition One Bermuda Alliance Party has questioned Government plans to shut down almost half of the island’s 18 primary schools. And Shadow Education Minister Susan Jackson also called for more detail on the training that teachers will be given...

The Premier said last night Bermuda’s relationship with the UK would suffer serious damage if a law to license cannabis production failed to get Royal Assent. David Burt said there were indications that the Governor would be unable to give assent to...

The Bermuda Police Service is looking to hire a digital forensics officer who can unearth clues to crimes locked in computers and mobile phones. The high-tech crime-solver will be responsible for securing evidence discovered in seized computers, usin...

Curfew-breakers will not face criminal charges under planned changes to the law, the Premier has revealed. But the amendment will not be retroactive – meaning that those already arrested for the breach could still find themselves in court. The curfew...

A firearm was found just days after gunshots were reported in an eastern parish, The Royal Gazette has confirmed. The weapon is believed to have been found in a garden in the Harlem Heights area of Hamilton Parish earlier today. The find was first re...

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, has rejected calls to abolish “coerced” collective worship in schools. Mr Rabain said he supported legislation which dictates that schools “shall begin with collective worship on the part of all pupils in at...

Clarence Maxwell A noted academic is to be honoured at a special dinner celebrating Black History Month next week. Clarence Maxwell, an assistant professor of History at Millersville University in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, will be guest of honour at t...

Transport workers walked off the job yesterday because of a dispute over “an ongoing disciplinary matter”, it has been revealed. And the Bermuda Public Services Union has taken a swipe at transport officials, claiming that the matter was resolved onl...

Student numbers at The Bermuda College have more than doubled in the last five years according to the Ministry of Education. And, the ministry said, the numbers are up in part because of wider access to Government funding in the form of scholarshi...