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A bid by Opposition senators to make Hamilton docks an essential service was defeated in the Upper House yesterday afternoon. A vote on the question was taking during debate on the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 2020. A second...

Senators yesterday passed the Employment Amendment Act in the biggest expansion of employees’ rights in 20 years. The Act seeks to provide protections for workers against extended probationary periods and bullying. In a slew of other amendments, ber...

Bermuda’s unions will not oppose labour reform legislation to be debated in the Senate today. But Armell Thomas, the president of the Bermuda Public Service Union, and Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said in a joint stat...

An anti-racism group will hold a second virtual training seminar on restorative practices. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda will hold the training on January 22 and January 23. People people can register by contacting CURB at admin@uprootingracis...

The Progressive Labour Party government yesterday came under fire from the Opposition for “alarming trends” in spending outside of the cost of the coronavirus pandemic. Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, warned the island was on course for...

“Fundamental changes” to Bermuda’s taxation regime could come with some form of tax on rental income in the 2022-23 Budget, the Premier has revealed. David Burt said the Tax Reform Commission, set up in 2017, continues to examine an overhaul of taxat...

Bermuda will get its first casino in 2021, the Premier has pledged. David Burt said the island’s banks had been the only block to the gambling industry – for more than six years after the legislation was approved. But he added that problems had been...

Exactly 100 days after David Burt led his Progressive Labour Party to an historic landslide election victory on October 1, 2020, the Premier sat down with The Royal Gazette for an exclusive interview on Friday. This is the full interview. Will t...

The Premier said new products were being created in the financial technology sector – although progress was slower than he had wanted. Mr Burt admitted: “I would have liked it to advance faster. “But I think we are in a far better position as a count...

The US Consul General has condemned violence in the wake of an invasion of the heart of American government by backers of President Donald Trump. Lee Rizzuto, a supporter of Mr Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, tweeted on Friday in the aftermath of...