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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...

An elderly woman nearly broke down in court as she described how she has felt “held hostage” for two years by a former senator who owes her huge rent arrears. Margaret Harvey, who is in her seventies, described a Magistrates’ Court decision to tempor...

A decision by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, to reserve assent on the Government’s controversial flagship cannabis legislation plunged Bermuda into uncharted constitutional waters yesterday. But the Governor urged Bermuda officials to work with the Brit...

A shake-up of the way National Hero awards are decided has been announced by Dr Ernest Peets, the Youth, Culture and Sports Minister. The nomination process will now be open to the public once every decade, with the next cycle beginning in 2025. Sinc...

Concerns over rising interest rates hitting almost $500 million of Bermuda debt refinancing over the next ten months have been admitted by the Government. Arianna Hodgson, the Junior Minister of Finance, made the comments when responding in the Upper...

Bermuda’s high cost of living, violent crime, healthcare and education system were among the concerns raised by a grass roots campaign group this week. Members of Mobilise Organise Visualise Execute – Move – hit out at what it sees as a lack of effec...

Speaker of the House of Assembly Dennis Lister represented Bermuda at the Commons and Overseas Territories Conference in London. Mr Lister attended the conference, hosted by the UK House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, from May 4 to 6. The fir...

The controversial bill giving a string of concessions to the developers of the island’s largest hotel was passed by legislators yesterday. But in a lengthy debate, former Finance Minister Curtis Dickinson clashed with party colleagues when he declare...

Activists in the British Virgin Islands have predicted widespread opposition to an attempt for direct British rule over the troubled Caribbean territory. Former Bermuda Governor John Rankin, who became Governor of BVI in January 2021, faces sceptici...