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A Progressive Labour Party motion of censure against Speaker of the House Randy Horton has been defeated along party lines by 17 votes to 15. The vote came at 1am. The debate laid bare long-simmering divisions of Parliament, including charges of favo...

With gross national debt at $2.185 billion and facing another year with a budget deficit, the Bermuda Government is to execute a $200 million loan facility agreement with Butterfield Bank. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, made the announcement ...

Preparations for the America’s Cup resulted in jobs for 236 workers in Dockyard by mid-June, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development, said the America’s Cup Event Authority has relocated nine employe...

Customers may get lower electricity bills as the Bermuda Government warned Belco it could face healthy competition from alternative power suppliers. Under a draft Electricity Bill tabled in Parliament, Belco will retain control of the grid — but Gran...

The House of Assembly is to be urged to call upon Governor George Fergusson to immediately issue a commission to investigate “serious allegations” made against sitting ministers of the government. In the same motion, the Opposition will call for the ...

The Bermuda Heroes Weekend received $50,000 in sponsorship from the Bermuda Tourism Authority, the House of Assembly was told this morning. Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism, said a further $2,500 was provided by Community, Culture and Sport, ...

The disused runway at LF Wade International Airport known colloquially as the finger is to be made into public land under a draft order that has gone before Parliament. Tourism and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell said the area had been identified ...

Government’s decision to remove the most controversial element of its hotly debated package of legal reforms has been welcomed by critics of the changes. Venous Memari, managing director of the Centre for Justice, said the centre was pleased that Cla...

Senators expressed surprise that the One Bermuda Alliance brought its legal reform bills before the Upper House today. Among them was Progressive Labour Party senator Marc Daniels, who had been tipped to lead the debate on behalf of the Opposition. S...

Bermuda is to acquire privacy legislation to protect people online and offline, Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly. A draft of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) “sets out how organisations, businesses ...