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Chris Furbert invoked the spirit of the 1981 General Strike and warned Government “to be careful what you ask for” as he hit back at proposed changes to labour regulations. Bermuda Industrial Union workers will meet today to discuss the controversia...

MPs to debate teenage drinking bill today By Raymond Hainey A bid to crack down on under-age drinking will today be debated by MPs. The amendment to the liquor licencing laws will make ID checks at the doors of bars and nightclubs mandatory — with c...

Bermuda’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will now remain entirely in Bermuda’s hands. The EEZ will be removed from an international declaration that would have placed its stewardship in the hands of a multi-nation Sargasso Sea Commission. Premier Crai...

New legislation regulating the Island’s charities has been tabled in the House of Assembly. The Charities Bill 2014 is based largely on the UK’s Charities Act 2011 and, if approved, would repeal and replace the existing Charities Act 1978. While the ...

A bid to include public transport and cruise ship tug and line boats as essential services was last night defended by Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy. Mr Fahy — speaking in advance of a debate on the controversial measure in the House of Assembly ...

Premier Craig Cannonier called for unity in the aftermath of a march on Parliament by union members protesting Government’s planned change to transport laws. “This is not about, as we heard earlier today, going back to the 1970s and 1980s, when we ha...

Around 200 unionised bus and ferry workers marched on Parliament this afternoon in protest of Government plans to make public transport an essential service. Carrying a Bermuda Industrial Union banner and chanting slogans such as “United we stand, di...

A Pembroke man today denied possessing cannabis and stealing $6,500 worth of golden bracelets. Shuaib Worrell, 36, of Edgeway Lane, pleaded not guilty to the possession and theft charges, as well as two further counts of obstructing a police officer ...

Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in Paget and Devonshire. Thefts have been reported this week in homes in the Trimingham Hill and Seabright Avenue area in Paget and the Watlington Road and Jubilee Road area in Devonshire. Residents hav...

Polish adventurer Aleksander Doba is still in need of a boat to take him and his kayak ‘OLO’ 300 miles south of Bermuda to the point where he was blown off his original course. There was hope the recently-arrived sail-training vessel Tres Hombres wou...