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New legislation designed to improve healthcare standards and protect patients has been passed by the House of Assembly. Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, said the Medical Practitioner’s Amendment Bill would “strengthen and regularise” the gov...

Kim Wilkerson was unveiled yesterday as the Progressive Labour Party’s replacement in the Senate for new MP Diallo Rabain. Marc Daniels will take over as the Opposition Leader in the Senate. Announcing Senator Wilkerson’s appointment, Marc Bean, the ...

The One Bermuda Alliance has been accused of underhand tactics in its immigration policy, while Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General, pleaded for the Opposition to turn the temperature down and “wait for the numbers”. The year’s first session of the Ho...

The number of students transferring out of public schools is increasing year-on-year, according to recently released figures. Transfers of both primary and middle school students have been rising since 2012, said Minister of Education Wayne Scott, in...

Protesters chanted their opposition to immigration reform as the House of Assembly reopened yesterday after the Christmas break. Moments after new Progressive Labour Party MP Diallo Rabain was sworn in, a crowd of people in the viewing gallery stood ...

There was no flak incurred within the One Bermuda Alliance for Sylvan Richards’s apparent split from party ranks on the issue of same-sex marriage, according to the Junior Minister of Home Affairs. On the day after the OBA announced plans to bring c...

Public Works minister Craig Cannonier has come under fire for the cost of the North Shore roundabout project. Speaking in the House of Assembly this morning, Mr Cannonier said $728,000 has been spent on the project so far and the final cost is expect...

Parliament opens for business today after the Christmas and New Year break, with three items of legislation coming from the Bermuda Government. The Medical Practitioners Act, the Electricity 2016 Act and the Banking Special Resolution Act 2016 are to...

The Bermuda Government has unveiled plans to table legislation allowing civil unions between same-sex couples. But Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General, told a public meeting last night that the One Bermuda Alliance had no intention of same-sex marriag...

Junior Minister for Education Leah Scott says the One Bermuda Alliance should consider a “staggered approach” to the granting of Bermudian and permanent resident status in the current climate. The proposal, announced this month, would allow residents...