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Sweeping reforms to Bermuda’s two municipalities were approved by MPs last night after a passionate debate in the House of Assembly. Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley steered the Municipalities Amendment Bill 2013 through Parliament, but Governm...

Mayor of Hamilton Graeme Outerbridge contends the Municipalities Act 2013 is nothing more than a legislative move to “shut down the municipality as an independent entity”. Letters citing the City of Hamilton’s “detailed concerns” were hand delivered ...

Taxi fares are to increase by 25 percent after lobbying from cabbies, Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell announced yesterday. He told the House of Assembly in a statement that he’d held “extremely productive “ meetings with taxi industry members in r...

Visiting cruise ships are set to be allowed to keep their casinos open when in port after MPs passed the Cruise Ship (Casino) Act 2013 early this morning. The concession — allowing on-board casinos to operate between 9pm and 5am — would ensure Bermud...

Finance Minister Bob Richards has declined to give evidence to a parliamentary select committee on elections. The bipartisan committee, chaired by Opposition MP Walton Brown, was formed, primarily, to determine what election candidates are required t...

Legislation forging “a more welcoming environment” for new companies to come to Bermuda, and for business leaders to live on the Island, has been approved by MPs. The Incentives for Job Makers Act 2013 got a spirited defence from Premier Craig Cannon...

Plans to devise a long-term infrastructure development strategy were scrapped by Government before they could be drawn up, according to Environment and Planning Minister Sylvan Richards. Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday, Mr Richards dismis...

House of Assembly passes Tourism Authority Act By Owain Johnston-Barnes, Ceola Wilson and Jonathan Bell After a marathon debate, Bermuda’s legislators last night passed legislation that forms the framework of a new Tourism Authority. Presenting the b...

The Attorney General is to review a controversial plan by the cash-strapped Corporation of Hamilton to introduce “aggressive” car clamping and pay-and-display parking tariffs on all roads in the city. The scheme, which will be phased in from next mon...