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MPs clashed yesterday over plans to mark the breaking of the chains of black Bermudians. Opposition MPs accused Government of diluting Cup Match by renaming the first day of the two-day holiday Emancipation Day to commemorate the end of slavery. The ...

The Premier's office and the Tourism Ministry have asked for a total of $2.32 million to cover extra expenditure, it was revealed yesterday. The Cabinet Office has asked for $1.31 million in extra cash, while David Allen's Tourism Ministry is looking...

No new rehabilitation programmes have been introduced in Bermuda prisons for more than a year, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox told MPs yesterday. But Ms Cox added that -- following a review of the Island's penal system by UK expert...

MPs will today discuss controversial plans to rename the annual Cup Match holiday to recognise the end of slavery in Bermuda. Acting Premier Eugene Cox will introduce the bill in the House of Assembly, which aims to dub the summer break Emancipation ...

A row over a hi-tech hospital incinerator heated up with an Opposition MP claiming Health Minister Nelson Bascome had been "misinformed'' over the cost of the new machine. Shadow Health Minister Kim Young said: "Somebody is giving the Minister inaccu...

MPs yesterday. MPs approved the bill to remove some kinds of alterations from the remit of the Development Application Board. Acting Environment Minister Nelson Bascome said: "The Government is moving to make the process of applications by individual...

Premier Jennifer Smith also tabled a new law which prohibits the importation of hi-tech gaming machines, parts and accessories and of lottery tickets. The bill said: "The machines to which this bill applies are machines that are constructed or adapte...

Ministers and civil servants have run up nearly $143,000 in credit card charges this year alone, it was revealed on Friday. And Government admitted that policy had changed and now all Ministers -- not just the Premier and Minister of Finance as under...

A bid to cut costs and travel with video court appearances live from Westgate Correctional Facility will not work, an Opposition spokesman claimed. And Shadow Legislative Affairs spokesman John Barritt said a voluntary approach to the use of a $144,0...

questions in the House of Assembly over current staffing levels. And Shadow Labour and Home Affairs Minister Michael Dunkley later blasted Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox's answers to a series of questions on the strength of...