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The Minister of Education will be able to hand pick the deputy chairman of the Board of Education if a proposed law is approved by the House of Assembly. Diallo Rabain tabled the Education Amendment (No. 2) Act 2021 in the House of Assembly yesterday...

An extension to the Public Health Emergency Act is expected to be discussed today in the House of Assembly. The earlier announced extension - which will allow the emergency to be extended for 60 days - is scheduled to be tabled and debated. The Publi...

Cole Simons, the Opposition Leader, yesterday called on Government to lift Covid-19 restrictions to bolster the economy. Mr Simons said the island is at a “fork in the road” and action must be taken immediately to prevent further social and economic...

A former education permanent secretary said last night she would fight disciplinary measures taken against her by the Progressive Labour Party over her opposition to a proposed school closure. Ellen-Kate Horton, a veteran PLP member, added she had as...

Casinos are set to become a reality in Bermuda after senators passed three pieces of gaming and betting legislation. The Gaming (Transfer of Functions) Act 2021, The Betting Act 2021, and The Betting Fees Regulations 2021 were all passed yesterday m...

A report on the introduction of a minimum wage for Bermuda will be tabled today in the House of Assembly. David Burt, the Premier, will discuss the launch of the electronic Covid-19 Safe Key scheme. Mr Burt will detail the pilot programme to allow pe...

Government should offer incentives to overcome vaccine hesitancy, give more clarity on unemployment benefit and give a Plan B to families and employers if schools cannot reopen on April 12 as planned, according to the One Bermuda Alliance. The calls ...

The Government yesterday proposed a law to outlaw “revenge porn” – the use of social media to spread intimate sexual images. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, said the practice was “a new form of technology-facilitated abuse” which humiliated...

The Government and Opposition sparred into last night over the Budget for the coming fiscal year and the island’s way to economic recovery out of the pandemic. It came after Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, gave the Reply to the Budget in the Hous...

Government will “press on” with plans for legal cannabis cultivation despite a defeat in the Senate earlier this week. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney General, took aim at independent members of the Upper House and referred to them as “the senators ...