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Legislation to allow cannabis convictions to be removed from the record was approved in the House of Assembly on Friday. But Ministers warned that the amendments would probably not remove Bermudians from the United States “stop list”, which makes it ...

MPs have approved legislation to offer tax and duty breaks to several hotel redevelopment projects. Rosewood Bermuda, which recently underwent major renovations, and the St George’s Club, which is expected to get a revamp soon, will both get breaks. ...

The builders of an illegal dock in St George’s that was demolished this week showed “blatant disregard for the law”, the public works minister said last week. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly his ministry wanted to work with ...

A study has found a drop in drug use among the island’s schoolchildren, the Attorney-General has revealed. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate on Wednesday that a survey of public, private and home-schooled pupils conducted by the Department of Nation...

A law to protect the young from grooming for sex by people in positions of power was backed yesterday by the Senate. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the Criminal Code Amendment Act would create a new crimi...

Measures to allow the Minister of Finance to defer taxes and compliance requirement in situations such as a pandemic have been approved by legislators. Amendments to both the Companies Act and the Public Treasury Act were given the green light by bot...

Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant has been approved in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the amendments would help to keep Bermudians employed by protecting bus...

Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant will be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Employment Amendment Act 2020 will maintain the requirement for employees laid off for more than four month...

Senators approved amendments aimed at giving the Government more flexibility to fight future pandemics. The Public Health Amendment Act 2020 gives the Minister of Health the power to create regulations in response to dangerous communicable diseases w...

A temporary pay cut to parliamentarians was branded “window dressing” yesterday because the take-home pay for legislators would remain unchanged. The claim came after it was announced that MPs will have their salaries reduced for a year from July 1. ...