Dear Sir,
The cannabis regulations were approved in the House of Assembly recently and there has been some discussion regarding the wording of the Bill, which our attorney-general, Kathy Lynn Simmons, said “prescribes uses beyond ‛medical and scient...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor | AUTHOR: Letters to the Editor
The House of Assembly on February 19 passed the Progressive Labour Party’s new Cannabis Licensing Bill, which now heads to Senate for debate tomorrow. Let me offer a few thoughts…
The reason for the One Bermuda Alliance’s opposition to the Bill is t...
DATE: Mar 02, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Scott Pearman
The notion expressed by Michael Dunkley, the Shadow Minister of National Security, that the Cannabis Licensing Act that passed in the House of Assembly on February 19, 2021, was a result of devious planning by the Government to use as a pro-independe...
In acknowledgement of Black History Month, The Royal Gazette continues the publication of stories throughout February on African-American and global African people, events and institutions, and their contributions in history. Here historian Nafee...
DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion Writer | AUTHOR: Black History Month
A campaign group for the elderly has welcomed a move to increase the age for mandatory driving retests.
But Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern questioned if the legislation for driver’s licences should still be framed around “ol...
DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Premier David Burt last night refused to confirm whether he had held any discussions with the Governor on cannabis regulations approved by the House of Assembly last week.
Asked if he had consulted with Rena Lalgie, the Governor, or any former Govern...
DATE: Feb 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
A government MP has hit out at the Governor over an antiracism message that he believes is inconsistent with historical practices at Government House.
Derrick Burgess, the veteran Progressive Labour Party MP, spoke in the House of Assembly after Rena...
On Friday, the House of Assembly passed the most far-reaching drug-liberalisation laws Bermuda has seen in decades.
The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed without a vote, meaning constituents have no idea whether their Member of Parliament was for or...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Let me first declare my personal interest in the subject of cannabis. I won't be like the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, who said he smoked it but did not inhale. I did inhale — and thus begins my story.
I couldn't handle it be...
The Government has used controversial cannabis legislation as part of a breakaway move from the UK, a shadow minister claimed yesterday.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow minister of national security, said that drug reform had been used to pick a fight wi...
