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Children in care will get a say in decisions made about their welfare if a new advisory council gets the go-ahead, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said yesterday. Tinée Furbert told MPs: “The innovative proposed enhancements take into ...

Car licence fees will be cut from April 1 after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly tonight. Drivers will see the cost of an annual vehicle licence cut by 10 per cent after MPs backed the Motor Car Amendment Act 2022. The amendment, pres...

Solar power installations across the island are to be funded by a boost to the home affairs budget. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said the $1 million increase, which will take his budget to $18.7 million, would help to create a secure and ...

A winding-down of a short-term economic stimulus programme put in place to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is being looked at by the Government. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said more than $6 million of ...

Alison Crocket, the Deputy Governor, will step down at the end of April and will be replaced by British diplomat Tom Oppenheim

Municipal elections are to be delayed by a year after the House of Assembly backed a legal change. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, tabled an amendment to the Municipalities Act 1923 in the House of Assembly. He acted bec...

The Premier yesterday paid to a former MP found dead in his submerged van last week. David Burt praised Darius Tucker for his mentorship role for young people. Mr Burt said: “He was a member who served on both sides of the aisle, a member who was kno...

A law to clear the criminal convictions of people caught with small amounts of cannabis has stalled because old documents often failed to quantify the amounts of drugs involved

A road map for redrawing Bermuda’s constitution will be developed in consultation with the British Government, MPs were told. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, told the Budget debate for the Ministry of Legal Affairs on Friday that constituti...

Juvenile court cases soared in 2021, MPs heard on Friday in the House of Assembly. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, told the House that new cases sent to the family courts dropped nearly one third in 2021 over the previous year. But she adde...