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The Progressive Labour Party appeared to draw stinging criticism from one of its own in a broadside in the House of Assembly, with backbencher Jamahl Simmons decrying a “mindset” pandering to businesses and putting population growth ahead of the part...

A “hero” to the labour movement and the Progressive Labour Party was celebrated in the House of Assembly on Friday. David Burt, the Premier, called Charles Leroy Riley an “uncompromising warrior” for both causes, frequently calling radio shows to giv...

Government has passed legislation that will enable it to recover overpayments of unemployment benefit more effectively. The Public Treasury (Administration and Payments) Amendment and Validation Act 2021 (the Act) was passed in the House of Assembly ...

Parliamentary rules thwarted an attempt to get details on an “error“ granting an exemption to the lockdown imposed in April that briefly allowed construction of a St George’s hotel to continue. The exemption for the St Regis resort construction was p...

Reducing Covid-19 restrictions at Bermuda’s borders would be “suicide”, the Premier has asserted. David Burt also revealed that Gencom, the company behind the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton, had still not raised funding for the project, n...

Controversial changes to Special Development Orders were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday despite objections by the Opposition. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said SDOs would undergo “far more transparency, scrutiny and testing”...

An extra two years will added to the Government’s five-year financial assistance for the island’s able bodied unemployed, under legislation tabled on Friday. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, said changes would be retroactive to cover payments sinc...

Government has spent $1.6 million on infrastructure projects as part of its short term stimulus programme aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. David Burch, the public works minister, said today that five of 16 proj...

Almost one in three of the complaints received by the Human Rights Commission in 2020 were claims of discrimination on the grounds of disability, according to the Commission’s annual report. The report, tabled today in the House of Assembly by Tinee...

Bermuda’s small and medium-sized businesses were kept afloat with $4.4 million in aid from the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the House of Assembly heard this morning. David Burt, the Premier, ...