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A youth empowerment programme is being transitioned into the Department of Child and Family Services, it was announced on Friday. Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, told the House of Assembly that The Mirrors Programme wi...

Legislation intended to make it easier to change the use of buildings was tabled in the House of Assembly. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told MPs that the Development and Planning Amendment Act 2022 would amend the Development and Plann...

People are having to choose between eating and paying bills because the Government has failed the test of hard times, Cole Simons, the Opposition leader has insisted. Giving the One Bermuda Alliance’s response to the Throne Speech yesterday, Mr Simo...

The Bermuda Government was empowered to actively consider the “full range” of self-governance options when the UK Government’s actions had the effect of “erasure or neutering” local policies, the Attorney-General said. Kathy-Lynn Simmons, who is als...

The Government has moved to close an immigration loophole that allows visitors to reside on the island almost continuously. Currently, visitors are allowed to remain on the island for up to 180 days before their visa expires. But under current legisl...

More than 90 people have signed up to a government programme to help them become homeowners since it was launched last month. Under the scheme, first-time mortgages will be guaranteed partially for up to a decade by the Government, with interest ...

Drivers are being asked to take extra caution on roads that are “in a state” and “inadequate” because of extensive trenching work. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, made the plea in a statement in the House of Assembly ye...

MPs will return to the House of Assembly this morning, where they can expect to hear 12 ministerial statements and the One Bermuda Alliance reply to the Throne Speech. An order paper showed five members were expected to be absent from proceedings – P...

Ernest Peets, the former minister, has departed the Senate as David Burt named a new Progressive Labour Party member of the Upper Chamber. The Premier announced that Leslie Robinson replaced Dr Peets at a swearing-in ceremony at Government House yest...

Constitutional reform will feature strongly in the House of Assembly as a study on how self-government would work is discussed by MPs. The document, commissioned by the Government, was revealed in the Throne Speech, but scant detail of its conte...