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Rolfe Commissiong has suggested that the Employment Act needs to be amended so that employers are obliged to pay overtime rates to employees working in excess of 40 hours a week. During the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday, he sai...

Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, has defended his position in face of accusations that he did not adhere to financial instructions over the release of key information about the Bermuda Government’s airport plans. Shadow minister and chairman o...

Progressive Labour Party MP Diallo Rabain has accused the Bermuda Government of issuing “essentially illegal” work permits to motor mechanics, landscape gardeners, electricians and welders. Mr Rabain said he was “shocked” to learn from responses to p...

The Bermuda Government is investigating after a Public Works vehicle was photographed with a sticker supporting the Preserve Marriage campaign. The bumper sticker on one of the Government’s Toyota vehicles, urged people to “vote no twice” in oppositi...

David Burt, the acting Leader of the Opposition, said he was “shocked” by an editorial he read in The Royal Gazette about a perceived lack of public protest over gun crime, and called on the editor to make a retraction. Mr Burt described the editoria...

Some form of reprieve for pitbulls could be among the amendments now under consideration for Bermuda’s dog legislation. However, Cole Simons, the Minister of the Environment, has refused to commit to calls from the Opposition to halt the policy of eu...

The Bermuda Government’s bid to sell off the Harrington Sound Post Office goes before legislators to debate in today’s House of Assembly. The building and its property could sell for $700,000 according to its sale and purchase agreement. The discussi...

A Bill amending the definition of “agreement” regarding Tax Information Exchange Agreements has been passed in the Senate. The International Co-operation (Tax Information Exchange Agreements) Amendments Act 2016 also added a regulation-making power,...

A Bill to provide more flexibility for the management and operation of Bermuda partnerships has been passed in the House of Assembly. The Partnerships and Companies Amendment Act 2016 also clarifies the legal impact of certain changes in the constit...

A Bill that could see “modest” taxes on the City of Hamilton’s sewerage system bring in $400,000 annually was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday. During the debate of the Hamilton Sewerage Amendment Act 2016, Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Ec...