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The Senate has passed legislation which will allow more long-term residents of the island to obtain permanent residency. The amendments opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unmarried parents of Bermudian children who have...

Higher mandatory health insurance premiums were approved by the Upper House yesterday. Senators approved the Health Insurance Amendment Act introduced to the chamber by Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister. Marcus Jones, an Opposition senator,...

Bermuda’s environment got extra protection from imported pests after senators approved new legislation yesterday. The Invasive Alien Species Act was designed to combat the importation, breeding, sale and intentional cultivation of problem plants and...

Frontline professionals should be forced to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Opposition said yesterday. Scott Pearman, the acting leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, said that the Government’s campaign was “not working” and appealed for to...

The Human Rights Commission has been told to reconsider a decision to withhold records under public access to information laws. Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez ordered the independent body to issue a new decision by November 3 to The Roy...

Olympic gold medal-winner Flora Duffy was praised by senators during a short session of the Upper House yesterday. Supporting a proclamation that a public holiday be held on October 18 in honour of the triathlete, Independent senator Michelle Simmons...

Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago have been approved for international adoptions. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said she had cleared the two countries at the request of the Department of Child and Family Services. Approve...

Emergency services personnel have been trained in disaster victim identification after a knowledge gap was noticed. Renée Ming, the national security minister, said Steve Cosham, the national disaster co-ordinator approached the UK Foreign Commonweal...

A rift between the ruling Progressive Labour Party and the Bermuda Industrial Union widened yesterday after the BIU president accused the Government of a failure to listen to its grassroots support. Chris Furbert said the two had always been natural ...

The principle of open government will be celebrated with countries around the world today. A spokeswoman for the Information Commissioner’s Office said International Right to Know Day was designed “to increase individuals’ awareness of their right t...