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Parliament’s latest session consisted largely of “housekeeping legislation”, which was covered with bipartisan support. Business legislation will be updated with the tabling of the Corporate Service Provider Business Exemption Order, the Government A...

Battle lines have been drawn over allegations of mistreatment and mismanagement at Summerhaven, but staff and residents have also rallied behind John Powell, its chairman. Mr Powell dismissed allegations raised by Progressive Labour Party MP Glenn Bl...

The public will hear updates in today’s sitting of the House of Assembly on how the Public Access to Information Act has fared in its first months in effect. Michael Dunkley will offer details, along with the Public Access to Information Amendment Ac...

Michael Dunkley has issued a call to women to take advantage of the move to open up the Bermuda Government’s boards and committees. The Premier told the House of Assembly that members of the public seeking to join boards and committees were now free ...

Updates to Public Access to Information Act have gone before Parliament. It includes a cutting down of the response time for public authorities to give information. Michael Dunkley told MPs there had been 75 Pati requests so far: 15 have been directe...

Parliament will soon debate a motion to look into “serious allegations of extortion and bribery made against sitting ministers of the Government”. The motion was brought by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert in an earlier session of the House of Assembly. R...

Bermuda’s success as a financial services jurisdiction has been boosted by the Solvency II equivalence for the local insurance market. The Solvency II directive introduces “a modernised risk-based regulatory regime for insurance and reinsurance under...

The implementation of parts of a package of legal reforms has been delayed to allow the judiciary, police and prosecutors more time to prepare for the new rules. Most of the Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure Act 2015 and the Disclosure and Criminal...

The Bermuda Government is confident that there is still an opportunity for two airlines to succeed in providing service to the Island out of Europe. Shawn Crockwell provided the House of Assembly with an update on his recent trip to the World Routes...

A memo released by the Ministry of Finance shows that Accountant-General Curtis Stovell approved the Bermuda Government to waive financial instructions on its early deals for an airport redevelopment. However, Shadow Finance Minister David Burt, who ...

A retroactive regime promising zero tolerance for corruption and graft would be a top priority by a Progressive Labour Party Government. Delivering his party’s “peace and prosperity agenda” in response to the Government’s Throne Speech, Marc Bean sai...

Healthcare reforms proposed by the Opposition include opening the Island’s market to international insurers to drive down costs through competition. The Progressive Labour Party’s Reply to the Throne Speech proposes removing the Bermuda Health Counci...