Log In

Legislation to pave the way for casinos was approved by MPs yesterday – but the Premier warned the industry would need to grow for the Government to reap its benefits. David Burt told the House of Assembly the regulatory requirements for the industry...

A $30 million loan guarantee to help pay for improvements to the water and sewage system in the East End has been issued by the Government. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, told MPs yesterday the loan guarantee was given to the Bermuda Land De...

An attack on conspiracy theorists who spread “outright lies” about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis was yesterday launched by an MP. Christopher Famous, the Progressive Labour Party MP for Devonshire East, said it was “heart wrenching...

Passing the Budget is the single most important act carried out by Bermuda’s Parliament in any given year. Pedants will point out that the Budget itself does not get passed and has no legal standing. There is a speech called a Budget Statement, which...

A government backbencher pledged to work for unity and equality in his maiden speech in the House of Assembly. Jaché Adams, who was elected in Pembroke West in the General Election, highlighted Bermuda’s long history of racial inequality that was bol...

Bermuda has recorded a further 33 cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the number of active cases to 213. But David Burt, the Premier, said that, while continued high numbers of coronavirus cases were to be expected, the return of lockdown would only co...

Laws to criminalise revenge porn received widespread support in the House of Assembly yesterday. The Criminal Code Amendment (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2021 was approved with the unanimous support of the Government and the Op...

The finance minister told MPs he was “disappointed” that the Auditor-General was unable to give a clean audit for the latest financial statements of the Government’s general operating fund. Curtis Dickinson said the Government should be “setting an e...

Offenders who breach Covid-19 safety regulations will be issued with a fixed penalty ticket under legislation passed in the House of Assembly last night. And public health officers will have the authority to hand out tickets to anyone they find break...

A “warrior for Bermuda” was mourned yesterday in the House of Assembly. Jan Martin, a founding member of the pressure group Move Bermuda, died this week aged 59. David Burt, the Premier, said Ms Martin was a “Progressive Labour Party stalwart”. Move ...

A more contagious strain of the coronavirus that has spread into the island’s schools came as a result of the “poor behaviour of adults”, MPs heard this morning. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, addressed the House of Assembly on moves taken o...

Repairs at Darrell’s Wharf and the railings at Flatts Bridge are to be awarded to contractors next week. Other “shovel ready” infrastructure works put out for quotes under the Government’s stimulus programme are works on Artemis buildings, highway fe...