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Legislation intended to update Bermuda’s international business regulations was approved by parliamentarians on Friday night. The House of Assembly gave unanimous support to the Economic Substance Amendment (No 2) Act and the Investment Funds Amendme...

A slump in retail sales needs urgent action, the Opposition has claimed. Nick Kempe, the One Bermuda Alliance’s shadow finance minister, said that a change in approach was needed to protect Bermudian jobs. Mr Kempe added: “Last week we heard from Zan...

A decision not to release correspondence between the Government and the UK on the $250 million airport redevelopment project has been upheld by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Answer Styannes, the Acting Information Commissioner, said the docu...

Legislation to require non-Bermudians be enrolled in a pension scheme was approved in the Senate on Wednesday. The National Pension Scheme (Operational Pensions) Amendment Act will also allow seniors to withdraw up to 25 per cent of their pension sav...

Senators are expected to debate changes to the national pension scheme today to require expatriate workers to be enrolled. But the Government will be short a senator in the wake of the election of Jason Hayward to the House of Assembly. A PLP spokesw...

An application for the release of further communications between the Bermuda Health Council and the Chief Medical Officer about two prominent physicians has been denied. However the Information Commissioner has approved the release of one record and ...

Progressive Labour Party senator Jason Hayward is the newest Member of Parliament after a huge victory at the polls last night. Mr Hayward, until recently the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, defeated One Bermuda Alliance senator Dwayn...

The leaders of the Bermuda Industrial Union and the One Bermuda Alliance clashed on the eve of today’s by-election head-to-head between Dwayne Robinson and Jason Hayward. Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, attacked “offensive” comments made by ...

Voters went to the polls today to decide who will fill the vacant Pembroke Central seat in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, a Progressive Labour Party senator, and Dwayne Robinson, a senator for the One Bermuda Alliance, both said this afternoon...

Legislation to increase Bermuda’s debt ceiling is expected to be debated today in the first sitting of the new session of the House of Assembly. The Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act, tabled in September, will increase the debt ceiling by $250 mi...