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A controversial move to legalise cannabis will go back to the House of Assembly today. The legislation was earlier blocked by the Senate – but the Upper House can only hold up Bills for a year before they go back to MPs for another vote. Lawrence Sco...

Social Justice Bermuda weighs in on Marcus Jones’s foot-in-mouth moment

The Premier yesterday refused to outline which public services would be cut in the Budget axe. David Burt signalled a “significant amount of reductions in services” in last Friday’s Budget speech. But Mr Burt, also the finance minister, yesterday avo...

A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration. Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...

A balanced Budget has been pushed back a year to 2024-25, the Premier said last night. David Burt, who is now also the Minister of Finance, explained that the postponement was needed to let the Government implement its economic recovery plan and fund...

A group set up by the Government to address problems faced by young people was unveiled yesterday. The National Youth Policy Working Group was a 2020 Throne Speech pledge. Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, said: “You will recall...

Mask requirements for young schoolchildren came up for question in the Senate as the Upper House agreed to extend Covid-19 emergency health orders beyond the end of this month to March 31. Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister, said there was “...

Younger schoolchildren will no longer have to wear masks in classes from Monday

Adults should teach teenagers how to spot warning signs of an abusive relationship, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said yesterday. Tinée Furbert told the House of Assembly that action now could prevent domestic violence in the future....

The education minister yesterday apologised for “any discomfort caused” by a social media post that suggested all those around him were losing their heads and blaming him. Diallo Rabain made the post – a quote from If, a poem by British writer Rudya...