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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...

An Opposition senator is facing renewed pressure to resign after publicly supporting former US President Donald Trump. Senator Marcus Jones claimed he was a “staunch” supporter of Mr Trump in a Facebook post last month, adding that he would pray for ...

A Parliamentary watchdog held its first meeting of the year on Tuesday. The Parliamentary Standing Committee met days before the House of Assembly is scheduled to return next Friday after its Christmas break. Newly-appointed members of the PAC held t...

Former Cabinet Minister Jamahl Simmons has stood down from the chairmanship of a government quango. Mr Simmons became chairman of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation last August, replacing Neville Grant, who was demoted to deputy chairman. B...

The introduction of unemployment insurance is being considered after the Government paid out million of dollars in benefits in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The news came after it was revealed an extra 400 families had been forced to rely on Finan...

A family has alleged that Government maladministration cost them land in Southampton. The Darrell family told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Loss yesterday that records show they owned a section of land bisected by Riviera Estates Road ...

The Government has announced a number of senior management appointments as part of a shake-up of its quangos. Andrew Dias has been appointed interim chief executive officer of the Bermuda Land Development Corporation, taking over from Barrett Dill, w...

A “wholesale review”of Bermuda’s tax system will be completed by the end of the year after legislation was passed in the Senate yesterday. The Tax Reform Commission Amendment Act 2020 – which will enable the Minister of Finance to set up the commissi...