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A new tax will leave Bermuda’s least well off facing a “potentially huge bill”, an Opposition senator said this morning. The statement comes after the Payroll Tax Amendment Act was approved in the Upper Chamber on Wednesday. Justin Mathias, chair o...

Work on new bridges in the East End is under way, the public works minister has said. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House that public presentations on the new Longbird and Swing bridges would be made soon. He told MPs last Friday: “Plans ar...

A perception of neglect at government properties has been traced to poor funding and “a lack of human resources and strategic planning”, according to Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch. Colonel Burch told the House that 59 vacant posts remained at the De...

More changes to the law on cannabis could be in the works, the Minister of Social Development and Sport has signalled. Michael Weeks said that more discussions on the island’s attitude to the drug would take place — with further liberalisation of the...

Parents will be appointed for two-year terms to committees working closely with the school system. Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House a Parental Involvement Committee had been meeting monthly with the Commissioner of Education to improve...

Members of the public will retain access to a St George’s beach near a new hotel development. The news came as the House of Assembly repealed an earlier Act to develop the new St Regis hotel in the Olde Towne, which had given “reasonable” access to F...

Legislation to protect those with insurance policies and boost solar energy adoption were approved in the House on Friday. The Insurance Amendment (Number 2) Act and the Electricity Amendment Act both garnered support from both sides of the House. Da...

Legislation designed to make it cheaper for property owners to register their title without a lawyer was passed in the Senate yesterday. Vance Campbell, a Progressive Labour Party senator, said the Land Title Registration Amendment Act would “smoot...

The Government has been accused of “discriminatory” payroll tax reforms that will increase costs for small to medium businesses and “kill jobs”. The attack came from the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance as the House of Assembly debated an amendment t...

The number of births in Bermuda decreased in 2017 for the first time in three years. Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly last Friday that there were 578 births in 2017, down from 591 in 2016. In 2015, the figure was...