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Local firm Somers Construction has been awarded three contracts by Government since the One Bermuda Alliance took office, with a total value of more than $4.5 million. The firm was taken on for painting and repairs to bus shelter roofs in April 2013,...

More than half of the population believes the Progressive Labour Party is the political group most in touch with the concerns of Bermudians. A survey by Profiles of Bermuda found that 51.4 per cent of those polled thought the PLP was most in touch wi...

New legislation that proposes United States style medical guidelines has come under criticism from Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health. Ms Wilson was responding to the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2015, tabled in Friday’s Hous...

A voluminous report appraising procurement for the airport terminal redevelopment has been tabled in the House of Assembly. Finance Minister Bob Richards said his ministry had taken on the firm Deloitte, in conjunction with the British Government. Co...

In a rare political event, the Good Samaritan (Food Donation) Act 2015 proposed by Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister for Health, passed in the House of Assembly with no Members of Parliament objecting to its passage. The new act aims to provide protect...

The “inadvertent” naming of a person conducting a Public Access to Information query remains under investigation, but Public Works Minister Craig Cannonier has apologised to the House of Assembly, calling it “an honest mistake”. Saying he was “incred...

A motion to censure Randy Horton, the Speaker of the House, is to be postponed, according to Michael Scott of the Progressive Labour Party. Mr Scott said yesterday afternoon that the motion, which PLP Leader Marc Bean last week predicted for yesterda...

A two-day Bahamas trip for Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy cost taxpayers a little less than $170, according to Government’s travel expenses website. Senator Fahy attended the Ninth International Labour Meeting, hosted by the International Labour ...

The emotionally charged national debate on the legitimacy of restricted dogs such as pit bulls has been acknowledged by Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment. But the Department of Environmental Protection cannot offer to e...

There have been no random site inspections by Immigration officers between January 1 and May 15 this year because of “limited human resources”, according to Sylvan Richards, the Junior Minister for Immigration. Although there have been two work permi...