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An extension to the Public Health Emergency Act is expected to be discussed today in the House of Assembly. The earlier announced extension - which will allow the emergency to be extended for 60 days - is scheduled to be tabled and debated. The Publi...

A solar farm set up at the airport could be bought by the Bermuda Infrastructure Fund (BIF) for $9.1 million later this month, MPs heard on Friday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly the BIF, set up by the internati...

Legislation to allow on-the-spot fines for breaches of Covid-19 safety rules will be debated in less than two weeks. The legislation, tabled by Kim Wilson, the health minister, will allow police officers who see an offence to issue public health pena...

Government has abandoned plans to purchase the failed Sandys 360 sports centre, the House of Assembly heard yesterday morning. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said the purchase had been complicated by outstanding debt. ...

A plan designed as an economic lifeline for an economy hammered by the coronavirus pandemic was unveiled in the House of Assembly last night. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, said the economic recovery plan included 31 priorities to boost medi...

Covid-19 restrictions have caused increased tensions at the island’s prisons, it was revealed today. Renee Ming, the Minister of National Security, said that the morale and behaviour of inmates had deteriorated because of a block on visits. Ms Ming a...

Legislation to introduce fixed penalties for breaches of Covid-19 restrictions is expected to be tabled in the House of Assembly this morning. The Government announced plans earlier this year to introduce on-the-spot fines for some offences related t...

An economist yesterday accused the government of failing to face up to the scale of the island’s economic crisis. Robert Stubbs – a member of the Wage Commission – added the government’s failure to take immediate action on minimum wages was harming B...

Construction of a fish processing plant promised for the East End is expected to begin before the end of the financial year next March, MPs have heard. Business and design plans for the shoreside plant at Marginal Wharf in St David’s are being examin...

A dispute over a roadside hedge near an accident hotspot could end with the landowner being ordered to move the bushes. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, told MPs on Friday that the best solution might “appease the majority o...

A new plan guiding “the development of Bermuda for many years to come” was tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly. Tabling The Bermuda Plan 2018 Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told MPs: “It is the product of consultation with the public...

A minimum wage is not recommended for workers aged under 18 or staff in family businesses who are related to the owner, a special report said yesterday. The independent Wage Commission report, tabled in the House of Assembly, also recommended that li...