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The chairman of the Summerhaven home for the physically challenged came under attack during the Throne Speech debate in the House of Assembly, with one Member of Parliament calling repeatedly for his resignation. Glenn Blakeney, the Shadow Minister o...

The implementation of parts of a package of legal reforms has been delayed to allow the judiciary, police and prosecutors more time to prepare for the new rules. Most of the Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure Act 2015 and the Disclosure and Criminal...

The Bermuda Government is confident that there is still an opportunity for two airlines to succeed in providing service to the Island out of Europe. Shawn Crockwell provided the House of Assembly with an update on his recent trip to the World Routes...

One Bermuda Alliance MP Nandi Outerbridge has made an official apology to the House of Assembly for making “inappropriate comments”. The apology was read out at the start of Friday’s session by Randy Horton, the Speaker of the House. The “inappropri...

A retroactive regime promising zero tolerance for corruption and graft would be a top priority by a Progressive Labour Party Government. Delivering his party’s “peace and prosperity agenda” in response to the Government’s Throne Speech, Marc Bean sai...

Much of Parliament’s eleven-hour Throne Speech debate revolved around whether or not the Island was truly making a recovery from the economic recession. Marc Bean, in the Progressive Labour Party’s reply, maintained that real growth had yet to revita...

The Bermuda Government and its own Accountant-General clashed last night over permission to depart from financial instructions in a bid to redevelop the Island’s airport. Curtis Stovell, the Accountant-General, told a meeting of the Public Accounts C...

Employers owe Government more than $100 million in social insurance and payroll tax contributions, it was revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday. The startling statistic came in response to a Parliamentary question to Bob Richards, the Minister ...

The cost of policing the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda was more than $100,000. Scores of police and reserve officers from a variety of departments worked a total of 2,522 hours for the spectacle that attracted thousands to Front St...

Bermuda College’s 2013 audited financial statements were laid before the House of Assembly yesterday revealing that the college had total assets worth just over $29 million. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, told the House of Assembly: “During...