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The Human Rights Commission has been charged with adopting a narrowing focus on same-sex marriage, during a parliamentary debate on its budget. Marc Bean, the leader of the Opposition, recalled the Bermuda Government’s assurances in the 2013 debate o...

The Progressive Labour Party has queried how the island’s newly registered voters went up 50 per cent more in this fiscal year than the forecast figure — with a target of 2,000 new voters for 2016-17. Marc Bean, the Opposition Leader, declared himsel...

The House of Assembly last night approved an increase in payroll tax despite vocal opposition. While Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, said the move was a temporary but necessary measure, shadow minister David Burt said it would place an additio...

The Bermuda Government is anticipating industrial activity tomorrow, with a likely disruption of public services. The warning, at 11pm, came shortly after Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called on the public to ignore an “irresponsible call” for an isl...

A motion calling for a joint select committee to be appointed to look at the historic issues surrounding immigration has been withdrawn by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown. The motion, which also called for the committee to report on its inqu...

Janie Brown has lived in Bermuda for 23 years, employs a predominantly Bermudian workforce in her dental practice and has two Bermudian children. And yet, without status, the US native can still be made to feel like a “second-class citizen” in her ad...

The merging of two departments is expected to bring some cost savings to the Ministry of the Environment, the House of Assembly heard yesterday morning. Minister for the environment Jeanne Atherden said the Department of the Environment and Natural R...

Many supporters of the Bermuda Government’s Pathways to Status plan are “absolutely terrified” to publicly back it because of the Opposition’s “nasty” and racially charged “campaign of misinformation”, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home ...

Duty relief for retailers looking to upgrade their stores will be extended for another five years after the approval of legislation in the House of Assembly. The Retail Shops (Temporary Customs Duty Relief for Capital Investments) Amendment Act, pres...

An urgent motion to launch a joint select committee to tackle the issue of immigration was rejected following a prolonged debate in the House of Assembly last night. The motion was launched by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown before the Bermu...