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Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant has been approved in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the amendments would help to keep Bermudians employed by protecting bus...

Almost 160 applications for work-permit renewals were denied since Covid-19 hit the country, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, who has responsibility for immigration, also listed more than 60 job categories af...

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...

Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant will be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Employment Amendment Act 2020 will maintain the requirement for employees laid off for more than four month...

A woman whose teacher groomed her for sex when she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl said yesterday she was “over the moon” that her public campaign to criminalise such behaviour had persuaded the Government to change the law. Christine DaCosta was speaki...

An Opposition senator said that he would have recommended that legislators’ pay was cut by up to a half in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dwayne Robinson asked why a salary reduction for back bench MPs and members of the Upper House was set at 12...

Senators approved amendments aimed at giving the Government more flexibility to fight future pandemics. The Public Health Amendment Act 2020 gives the Minister of Health the power to create regulations in response to dangerous communicable diseases w...

Senators are expected to discuss a temporary pay cut for parliamentarians today. The order of business for the Upper House showed that members would consider the year-long changes to salaries, as well as associated suspension of pension payments. Cry...

“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...

A Bill designed to help the island operate in a global market was backed by MPs. Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said that the Bermuda Bar Amendment Act 2020 was among legislation to be introduced by the Government to help positio...