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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. ...

Amendments to help Bermuda respond as fast as possible to marine pollution incidents were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, said the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act would allow him to gi...

The One Bermuda Alliance pledged to support the fight for social justice yesterday in the wake of the death of a black American at the hands of police officers. Craig Cannonier, the Opposition leader, said the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Mi...

The Department of Youth and Sport has been hard at work to help the community during Covid-19, MPs heard today. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said in the House of Assembly that many staff have joined in to help d...

Legislation to allow people to withdraw up to $12,000 from their private pension plans was approved by the Senate yesterday. Vance Campbell, a government senator and the junior public works minister, said the legislation was intended to help people w...