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Children in care will be given a stronger voice through a new body of experts that will listen to their concerns, it has been claimed. Tinee Furbert, the minister for social affairs, made the pledge when introducing the Children Amendment Act 2022 in...

It will be legal to grow and sell cannabis – if controversial legislation passed in the House of Assembly yesterday gets Royal Assent from the Governor. The Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 would create a regulated framework for growth and sale of the dru...

A government backbencher was told last night he would have to apologise after he made a “monkey” reference believed to be about another MP. Dennis Lister, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, appealed to parliamentarians to think about how they repr...

An Opposition senator yesterday accused the Government of time-wasting to dodge debate on the new Budget. Douglas De Couto, of the One Bermuda Alliance, claimed that the Government side ate up time by reading out unnecessary details about their portf...

A new senator went on the attack as he delivered his maiden speech in the Upper House yesterday. Douglas De Couto, of the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance, said that minor reductions in taxes were “trinkets” handed out by the Government to distract f...

Plans to turn the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos look likely to go ahead after a Court of Appeal ruling

Car licence fees will be cut from April 1 after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly tonight. Drivers will see the cost of an annual vehicle licence cut by 10 per cent after MPs backed the Motor Car Amendment Act 2022. The amendment, pres...

A flagship arbitration centre has been shelved because of a lack of cash – even though it was supposed to be built “at no cost to government”, The Royal Gazette can reveal. A spokesman for the public works ministry said: “The Ministry of Public Works...

The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is backing the Government’s plans to tackle domestic violence. Last week, Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that a gender affairs office was being planned to examine the issues of ...

A watchdog set up to monitor the pharmaceutical sector is to be beefed up, MPs have heard. Kim Wilson, the health minister, told the House of Assembly that the Bermuda Pharmacy Council — which carries out checks on the registration of pharmacies and ...