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The mother of a teenager who took her own life at an American treatment centre said she had “no real answers” about what happened to her daughter eight months after she died. Johnita Simons explained that she contacted agencies in Bermuda as well as ...

The island’s casino gambling watchdog will take over responsibility for all types of betting if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed. David Burt, the Premier, said the Gaming (Transfer of Functions) Act 2020 would move supervision of...

The Minister of Public Works asked residents to show their support for his “adopted daughter” who MPs heard is on a “zero dollar” contract to help in the battle against Covid-19. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly on Friday tha...

Sick and disabled people will be able to vote in elections from their home, under amendments approved on Friday night. The Parliamentary Election Amendment Bill also allows blind and visually impaired people to vote through a tactile voting device, i...

A teenager was remembered on what would have been her 18th birthday yesterday by a fundraising effort to help prevent young suicide. Johnita Simons launched the online campaign as part of her daughter Kirsta’s “legacy”. She wrote: “As a mother of a c...

A war of words broke out between MPs over a police probe into a dairy container that carried drugs. Derrick Burgess, the Deputy Speaker and a Progressive Labour Party member, claimed on Friday that white privilege stopped Michael Dunkley, a One Bermu...

The builders of an illegal dock in St George’s that was demolished this week showed “blatant disregard for the law”, the public works minister said last week. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly his ministry wanted to work with ...

As a result of Covid-19, the Transport Control Department has modified its vehicle examination procedure for taxis whose permits are due to expire on September 30 2020. Examiners will not enter customers’ vehicles and for this round of examinations o...

For more than two decades of public opinion polling, satisfaction with the overall performance of the Government has never been higher. Currently, nearly nine in ten residents (87%) express being satisfied to some extent, a result that is deeply tied...

Temporary changes to Parliamentarians’ salaries and pension contributions equated to a reduction in pay, the Minister of Finance insisted. Curtis Dickinson dismissed a notion put forward by Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the shadow finance minister, last F...