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Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, provided an update on vacation rentals in the House of Assembly this morning. Mr DeSilva said: This House will recall that the Throne Speech included a short section on the issue of tax relief fo...

The tourism minister is to be given greater say over the Bermuda Tourism Authority under legislation tabled at the convening of the House of Assembly. The amendments were brought before MPs by Zane DeSilva, the new Minister of Tourism and Transport, ...

Dame Jennifer Smith called for the Progressive Labour Party to remain focused on independence. Speaking at the PLP’s Wakanda Royalty Gala on Saturday night, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its historic General Election victory, the former premier...

Arron Banks, the British businessman best known for bankrolling the campaign for the UK to leave the European Union, is back on the island. The Brexit donor posted a picture today on Twitter announcing he was here on a fishing trip. The trip comes ju...

Ministers have kept a careful eye on the public purse strings in their first year at the helm, despite a “curious” list of government priorities, a political observer claimed last night. Denis Pitcher said he believed spending has been curbed in comp...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch has criticised coverage of his controversial speech about the next Chief Justice. Colonel Burch was responding after he came under fire for referring to status Bermudian Narinder Hargun’s Indian heritage in the House on...

David Burt urged against a culture of fear as he claimed the time is right to consider constitutional change. The Premier kicked off a conference on the Bermuda Constitution of 1968 today by calling for debate on the set of principles many have claim...

Old-school voters in Paget East said they were worried about the island’s future as they head to the polls tomorrow. In a traditional stronghold of the One Bermuda Alliance, The Progressive Labour Party is still dogged by its past economic record in ...

Bermuda’s Constitution is unfinished because it failed to give human rights protection to women and gay people, One Bermuda Alliance senator Andrew Simons said yesterday. Mr Simons told the Senate that there was a “certain irony” to David Burt’s call...

David Burt made a case for Bermudian independence yesterday because he said it was unfair that Britain still exercised power over the island’s affairs. The Premier told the House of Assembly it was “unacceptable in a modern democracy” to have “decisi...