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The public are to fork out $1 million to pay off the mortgage on the failed Sandys 360 sports centre and lender HSBC has agreed to write off more than $8 million. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, minister of public works, told MPs that HSBC was prepar...

A reason given by tourism minister Jamahl Simmons for why he had to take control of the island’s independent gaming commission has come in for renewed criticism in the wake of a public access to information disclosure. Mr Simmons told Parliament that...

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...

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...

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...

The Government will not withdraw its controversial plan to bring the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control, tourism minister Jamahl Simmons said yesterday. Mr Simmons, moments after Cheryl-Ann Mapp was announced as the new commis...

A lack of regulation for betting shops could raise red flags when the island’s anti-money laundering measures are investigated by overseas experts next year. Correspondence shared with The Royal Gazette reveals that warnings about the absence of con...

David Burt will today accuse the former government of failing to budget for a “staggering” $13 million worth of spending this financial year, including an extra $4.3 million on the America’s Cup sponsorship guarantee. The Premier and Minister of Fina...