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The Attorney-General has been accused of dodging scrutiny after failing to hold a press conference on her ministry’s plans for the coming year. The Governor delivered this year’s Throne Speech – outlining the Government’s agenda for the next 12 month...

The opposition One Bermuda Alliance has criticised the Government for failing to listen to farmers before moving ahead with plans to develop a vertical farming industry on the island. The project – a key pillar in the Government’s Economic Recovery P...

The Government is ducking what should be top priorities in the coming legislative year, according to several senators. The claim was made during a debate in the Upper House today on the Throne Speech, which was delivered earlier this month. Owen Darr...

The Government has moved to close an immigration loophole that allows visitors to reside on the island almost continuously. Currently, visitors are allowed to remain on the island for up to 180 days before their visa expires. But under current legisl...

More than 90 people have signed up to a government programme to help them become homeowners since it was launched last month. Under the scheme, first-time mortgages will be guaranteed partially for up to a decade by the Government, with interest ...

Drivers are being asked to take extra caution on roads that are “in a state” and “inadequate” because of extensive trenching work. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, made the plea in a statement in the House of Assembly ye...

A human-rights activist doubts that pressure from the UK to amend Bermuda’s same-sex marriage laws will have any effect. Linda Bogle-Mienzer, added that she thought it unlikely that Whitehall will force the island’s hand on the issue. Same-sex marria...

The island’s farmers appear to have been shut out of a planned vertical-farming industry — one of the Government’s central initiatives to revive the economy. At a press conference yesterday, Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy, confirmed that the ...

The Government is coming under pressure from MPs in Britain to legalise same-sex marriage. In answer to a question in the House of Commons last week, David Rutley, the parliamentary under-secretary for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office...

The Government has come under fire for releasing the latest inflation figures only after it delivered its Throne Speech on Friday. The monthly statistics are normally released in the middle of each month. But the October bulletin was released late on...