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The Government and Opposition sparred into last night over the Budget for the coming fiscal year and the island’s way to economic recovery out of the pandemic. It came after Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, gave the Reply to the Budget in the Hous...

Government will “press on” with plans for legal cannabis cultivation despite a defeat in the Senate earlier this week. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney General, took aim at independent members of the Upper House and referred to them as “the senators ...

A controversial law to legalise cannabis will be sent back to the House of Assembly after Senators voted against the bill yesterday afternoon. The Cannabis Licensing Act, which sets out a regulatory framework for growing, selling, and using the drug,...

Government’s lack of consultation with medical professionals and the “woeful inadequacy” of drug prevention programmes were just some of the reasons Opposition and Independent senators gave for rejecting Government’s bid to legalise cannabis yesterda...

A farmer said he would not cultivate cannabis - even if it becomes legal. Roger Pacheco said the plant was very delicate and unsuitable for outside growth in Bermudian weather conditions. He predicted commercial growers would have to construct purpos...

A controversial bid to legalise cannabis cultivation could damage public health and put a strain on healthcare services, an Opposition MP has claimed. Michael Dunkley, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on health, said the Act would inevitably lead t...

A government MP has hit out at the Governor over an antiracism message that he believes is inconsistent with historical practices at Government House. Derrick Burgess, the veteran Progressive Labour Party MP, spoke in the House of Assembly after Rena...

The Government has used controversial cannabis legislation as part of a breakaway move from the UK, a shadow minister claimed yesterday. Michael Dunkley, the shadow minister of national security, said that drug reform had been used to pick a fight wi...

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 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...