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Failure by the Government to follow other Overseas Territories and declare a two-day public holiday to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee represents a missed opportunity to give workers a break, a leading union chief has said. Chris Furbert, head of t...

Former premier Sir John Swan has spoken warmly about his meetings with the Queen as a huge banner to mark the monarch’s platinum jubilee was unveiled in Hamilton. Sir John, who resigned as head of government after voters rejected his push for indepen...

Revelations that the Government’s much criticised Travel Authorisation form is now a money-raising mechanism rather than an anti-Covid agent has intensified opposition demands for it to be scrapped. The One Bermuda Alliance has insisted the $40 char...

Calls for Travel Authorisation (TA) forms to be scrapped have been stepped up by the Opposition. Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister, said the measure was a deterrent for people seeking to come to the island. The One Bermuda Alliance MP raise...

Moves to allow a wider range of guided tour services across Bermuda will be before MPs today, Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, has said. The legislation is aimed at allowing guided tour vehicles, which can include three-wheelers, to show visit...

Controversial financial breaks for the massive $376 million revamp of the Fairmont Southampton hotel complex were passed by the Senate yesterday after a clash over constitutional procedure. The One Bermuda Alliance attempted to table a raft of amendm...

Talks on the Government’s stalled bid to get its controversial cannabis plans into law will be held with a senior British official this week. Paul Candler, the director of Overseas Territories at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, i...

Rapid action is needed to validate the status of same-sex couples who tied the knot before the Privy Council backed the Government’s ban on marriage equality, a legal expert has said. Peter Sanderson, a barrister with experience in several constituti...

Same-sex couples who tied the knot before the Privy Council’s decision to back the Government’s ban on marriage equality are still languishing in legal limbo more than two months after the landmark ruling. The Government has failed to clarify the pos...

The Government has refused to say if it is holding talks with London over its flagship cannabis legislation after Rena Lalgie, the Governor, failed to give it Royal Assent. Instead, Ms Lalgie reserved Assent, calling on the Progressive Labour Party g...