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The new-look Liquor Licensing Authority will work with the drinks trade to streamline the process and move towards a paperless system. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the new LLA started work in May but ha...

Legislation to suspend mandatory payments into the Sinking Fund was passed by senators last week without major opposition. The Government Loans Amendment Act 2019, along with the Electricity Amendment Act 2019 and the Bermuda Economic Development Cor...

Legislation to increase the mandatory retirement age for some civil servants has been tabled in the House of Assembly. The Public Service Superannuation Amendment Act 2019 would, if approved, change the compulsory retirement age from 65 to 68 for som...

Senators have ditched amendments to legislation designed to create a legal framework for ministers to appoint experts and political advisers. They passed the Premier, Ministers and Opposition Leader Personal Staffs Act 2019 after MPs rejected a rewor...

Changes to the management of sex offenders in prison are working, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs said this morning. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate: “Sex offenders who do not complete the required programmes during incarceratio...

The Premier has accused the British Government of an attempt to impose “modern-day colonialism”. David Burt said that the Overseas Territories would resist efforts by the British Government to enforce public registers of beneficial ownership. He adde...

East End voters will choose a new mayor at the polls in the Town of St George today. The race is down to Kenneth Bascome, a former mayor, and George Dowling III, a councillor, after Quinell Francis announced she was to stand down from the role. Hamil...

A candidate in the race to be Mayor of St George said a police station in the Olde Towne was a priority. Kenneth Bascome, a former mayor who stepped down to become an MP for the One Bermuda Alliance, said he would seek the support of councillors to t...

Bermuda will host an international parliamentary seminar this week intended to help lawmakers broaden their understanding of the legislative process. Dennis Lister, Speaker of the House, announced that the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association had b...

The Town of St George will have to go to the polls on May 9 to elect a new mayor, it was revealed yesterday. Kenneth Bascome, a former mayor, and George Dowling III, a councillor, both put their names forward for the post on nomination day after Quin...