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Sparks flew in the House of Assembly yesterday as Opposition MPs became enraged by a reference to last year’s controversy over the Bermuda Land Development Company. Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz kicked off the acrimony as he began his reply to q...

House Speaker Randolph Horton will continue to look for ways to enhance the independence of the offices of the Auditor General, the Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Registrar, despite a sound rejection of his preferred solution in parliament on Wednes...

Budgetary allocations for the Home Affairs Ministry do not reflect the new Government’s promise to get tough on employers who violate work permit policy, according to Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban. Mr Roban is also claiming that Governmen...

Fifteen work permits have been issued for the Heritage Wharf modification project, according to the Opposition Progressive Labour Party. Hamilton East MP and Deputy Opposition Leader Derrick Burgess raised the alarm in the House of Assembly on Monday...

Spending cuts from the Ministry of Community and Cultural Development were motivated by the need to curb administrative overheads, according to Wayne Scott. Mr Scott defended his budget which was met with harsh criticism from his shadow counterpart M...

By Ayo Johnson Televised proceedings of House of Assembly deliberations, more use of committees and additional resources for parliamentarians are on Randolph Horton’s wish list before he makes an exit from the legislature. In his first interview sinc...

A squabble over parliamentary procedure saw the same half-hour of Budget presentation read out twice in the House of Assembly. Speaker of the House Randy Horton was thwarted in his attempt to present briefs on non-Ministry Departments. Announcing tha...

Randolph Horton thought long and hard before deciding he would accept the nomination to be Speaker of the House of Assembly. The Southampton West MP said he did not approach Premier Craig Cannonier about the role, and had received some criticism from...

Community Minister Wayne Scott claimed yesterday he delivered a four-hour statement to Parliament at the request of the Progressive Labour Party, so it wouldn’t have to debate his Ministry’s spending plans. Mr Scott said Shadow Minister Michael Weeks...

Shadow Community Development Minister Michael Weeks would have taken Government to task for drastic cuts in the Ministry’s funding had he contributed to Monday’s debate on budgetary allocations for the Ministry. Each of the department’s six heads suf...