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The island’s casino gambling watchdog will take over responsibility for all types of betting if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed. David Burt, the Premier, said the Gaming (Transfer of Functions) Act 2020 would move supervision of...

Cabinet appointments to the national security and tourism and transport portfolios will go ahead today. The replacements for Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva, who both quit Cabinet last week over a public breach of Covid-19 health restrictions, were exp...

New Cabinet appointments for the portfolios of national security as well as tourism and transport are expected at Government House today. It comes in the wake of David Burt, the Premier, “inviting” Wayne Caines and Zane DeSilva to quit their minister...

A study has found a drop in drug use among the island’s schoolchildren, the Attorney-General has revealed. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate on Wednesday that a survey of public, private and home-schooled pupils conducted by the Department of Nation...

A law to protect the young from grooming for sex by people in positions of power was backed yesterday by the Senate. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the Criminal Code Amendment Act would create a new crimi...

The education minister was revealed last night as the interim national security minister after Wayne Caines was forced to quit the role. David Burt, the Premier, announced Diallo Rabain as the stopgap appointment on Twitter, the social-media site. H...

The new municipalities minister vowed yesterday to press on with a plan to axe the corporations of Hamilton and St George. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch admitted there was opposition to the proposal to replace the local authorities with unelected qu...

“Chronic social isolation” contributed to a surge in violence over the National Heroes Day weekend, according to Wayne Caines, the national security minister. But Mr Caines told the House of Assembly: “Bringing harm to others and instilling fear in t...

Amendments to allow suspension of contributions to pension funds for a year were approved by MPs last night. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the move was intended to help struggling businesses and workers. He added: “We are where we ar...

Shoppers will be able to budget better after a database designed to show the cost of essential goods in different stores was backed yesterday by MPs. The House of Assembly heard that the public sometimes rushed to judgment over price gouging when som...