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A controversial law change to give the Government more control over the gambling watchdog was backed by the Senate yesterday. The amendments were designed to empower the responsible minister to give policy direction to the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commi...

The first phase of a government plan to improve standards in care homes was approved yesterday in the Senate. Junior health minister Crystal Caesar said the Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Amendment Act 2017 would help to protect people from...

The One Bermuda Alliance has released its response to the Bermuda Government’s report on its fiscal performance in the first half of the fiscal year. It reads as follows: It is with considerable satisfaction that the Opposition provides comments on r...

Bermuda will make its beneficial ownership register public when all members of the G20 are required to do so, Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons said yesterday. She told the Senate the island would “certainly comply” at that point and would, in the ...

Walter Roban is hosting events to help children and the needy this weekend. The transport minister said he is marking the tenth anniversary of his election as an MP with an annual hamper drive and children’s Christmas party. He said: “It has been an ...

Decriminalisation of cannabis must be followed up with further laws and programmes to change Bermuda’s drug culture, according to an anti-racism charity. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda welcomed the passing of legislation by MPs last weekend, wh...

Former Progressive Labour Party senator Kim Wilkerson has criticised a Bill aimed at replacing same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships as a “step back for human rights”. Ms Wilkerson, who was instrumental last year in blocking legislation design...

Bermuda is to launch a bid to make money out of its first live satellite, the Minister of Transport told MPs on Friday. Walter Roban said Bermuda’s current role in the industry was small. “In line with the Government’s commitment to diversify our eco...

Bermuda’s financial crisis and the battle to pull the island back from the brink of disaster has been chronicled in a book by Bob Richards, the former Minister of Finance. Mr Richards left political life after he lost his seat to Christopher Famous i...

Auditor-General Heather Thomas has urged the Bermuda Government to take action after revealing net debt had reached $3.7 billion. The statements of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending March 2017, tabled in the House on Friday, showed net debt h...