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Senators sparred over infrastructure projects and the replacement of the Tynes Bay Incinerator during the Reply to the Throne Speech debate in the Upper House today. Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister of Public Works, attacked the One Bermuda Alliance...

A meeting of Overseas Territories leaders in London today was headed by the Premier. David Burt said topics from climate change to the impact of the pandemic on Overseas Territories’ economies were up for discussion at the annual Joint Ministerial Co...

Throne Speech plans to get jobless young people back to work have been welcomed by social services agencies – but the Opposition demanded specifics on the proposals. The speech, delivered by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, on behalf of the Government, ple...

The Throne Speech, under the title of “Social Renewal and Economic Recovery”, opened with the Governor’s reflection on the “definitive”, once-in-an-era change brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rena Lalgie told the gathering: “The wounds inflicted by ...

Bermuda is on a “glide path” to a small budget surplus by 2023-24, the finance minister said yesterday. Curtis Dickinson added the country’s last round of borrowing was calculated to last until that financial year. Mr Dickinson said: “We have borrowe...

The Senate has passed legislation which will allow more long-term residents of the island to obtain permanent residency. The amendments opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unmarried parents of Bermudian children who have...

Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago have been approved for international adoptions. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said she had cleared the two countries at the request of the Department of Child and Family Services. Approve...

Emergency services personnel have been trained in disaster victim identification after a knowledge gap was noticed. Renée Ming, the national security minister, said Steve Cosham, the national disaster co-ordinator approached the UK Foreign Commonweal...

A streamlined way to help long-term residents get permanent residency has been approved by the House of Assembly. The changes proposed by Jason Hayward, the labour minister, opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unwed pare...

An increase in government healthcare premiums and proposals to ease permanent residency rules for long-term residents are expected to be on the table in the House of Assembly today. MPs can expect a marathon sitting for the last session before the Ho...