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A British politician has called on Boris Johnson, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to prevent Bermuda from taking the “entirely retrograde step” of reversing marriage equality. Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhondda, told the...

The Government has tightened the law to ensure the real ownership of companies registered in Bermuda stays secret. The change was backed by MPs a week before David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said that Bermuda was “an open, transparent...

Four gay couples who are planning to marry at sea on Bermudian-registered ships will still be able to tie the knot, the Government confirmed today. Marriage banns have been posted by the Registrar-General for the unions, with two of the ceremonies du...

Kevin Dallas will not face a backlash from his superiors in the Bermuda Tourism Authority after he asked senators to vote against a Bill designed to repeal marriage equality, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Mr Dallas, the BTA chief executive, wrote to ...

Senators agreed yesterday that importers of food and other goods should face fines of up to $5,000 if they fail to provide information to a new commission set up to look at their import costs and profit margins. The Upper Chamber approved the Price C...

The first phase of a government plan to improve standards in care homes was approved yesterday in the Senate. Junior health minister Crystal Caesar said the Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Amendment Act 2017 would help to protect people from...

A gay rights organisation in the United States is urging Bermuda’s Governor to reject legislation which will replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships. The Human Rights Campaign, which calls itself America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

Bermuda will make its beneficial ownership register public when all members of the G20 are required to do so, Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons said yesterday. She told the Senate the island would “certainly comply” at that point and would, in the ...

Former Progressive Labour Party senator Kim Wilkerson has criticised a Bill aimed at replacing same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships as a “step back for human rights”. Ms Wilkerson, who was instrumental last year in blocking legislation design...

Legislation to enable the creation of a central land title registry and make it easier to access information on property ownership was passed in the Senate today. Government senator Jason Hayward said of the Land Title Registration Amendment Act 2017...