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Updates to Public Access to Information Act have gone before Parliament. It includes a cutting down of the response time for public authorities to give information. Michael Dunkley told MPs there had been 75 Pati requests so far: 15 have been directe...

The Progressive Labour Party has dismissed reports that Marc Bean’s position was challenged at Thursday night’s caucus meeting. A statement from the party, released yesterday, said: “The report running in the media that the Progressive Labour Party l...

Parliament will soon debate a motion to look into “serious allegations of extortion and bribery made against sitting ministers of the Government”. The motion was brought by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert in an earlier session of the House of Assembly. R...

Bermuda’s success as a financial services jurisdiction has been boosted by the Solvency II equivalence for the local insurance market. The Solvency II directive introduces “a modernised risk-based regulatory regime for insurance and reinsurance under...

Government MP Mark Pettingill claimed yesterday that David Burt should “probably” resign as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee or at least remove himself from any hearings about the latest Auditor-General’s report. Mr Pettingill said Mr Burt’s...

The Immigration Appeals Tribunal, an independent body created in 2011, will publish its judgments online commencing on Friday. The IAT had been left without governing regulations for more than a year after its creation, with 44 cases waiting to be he...

Fewer than ten garbage collection trucks were in operation on any given week during recent months, the Senate heard this morning. An average of 407 tons of waste was picked up each week around the Island. Details came from Lynne Woolridge, the Junior...

The Progressive Labour Party would make good on its vow to eliminate middle schools if returned to power, replacing them with “five-year decentralised high schools”. Some middle schools, such as the Whitney Institute and Clearwater, would become seni...

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...