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The One Bermuda Alliance has cried foul over a lack of transparency on the Government’s plans for a vertical farm. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, announced plans last month for the hi-tech agriculture to produce leafy greens for the isl...

Healthcare amendments on the payment of insurance premiums, as well as insurance coverage for tele-health, were discussed by MPs last Friday. The Health Insurance (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2020 allowed for a temporary extension of the deadline fo...

Companies wishing to incorporate in Bermuda will have to file applications with the Registrar of Companies electronically, under new legislation. The Companies and Partnerships Electronic Registry Amendment Act 2020 was approved in the House of Assem...

A Covid-19 patient was today in critical care, the health minister told the House of Assembly. Kim Wilson said one other victim of the disease was also in hospital, but in a general ward. The grim news came as Bermuda reached a total of 278 confirme...

The Premier today released details of costs for Government and Opposition personal staff for the last financial year. The top earner was Owen Darrell, David Burt’s Chief of Staff, on $127,619 a year in 2019-20. Mr Burt’s other expenses included a hou...

The Premier will today update MPs on technological advances to tackle Covid-19 at a virtual sitting of the House of Assembly. David Burt’s statement will be reinforced by details on new regulations to protect the island from the coronavirus pandemic ...

If Kathy Lynn Simmons has her way, the image of civil servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats will be a thing of the past by 2023. The Attorney General said that the Government aimed to be a paperless organisation in three years’ time, with all forms ...

A new limited duration test licence for digital asset businesses is expected to be introduced after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly last Friday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said that research carried out by the Bermuda ...

A Bill to give a 262-year lease to the developers and managers of the former St George’s Club property is expected to be among the matters up for debate when the House of Assembly reconvenes today. The St George’s Club Act 2020, which, if passed, wil...

“It’s 400 years (400 years, 400 years) And it's the same old-time colonial, imperialistic philosophy I said it’s 400 years (400 years, 400 years) And my people, they still don’t see” — Peter Tosh On November 6, the ...

Throne Speech. The Reply. Point. Counterpoint. Now we all understand the politics of debate in the House of Assembly. Only too well. Meanwhile, outside the legislature partisans pile on with pointed comments. There’s a wonderful Arabic proverb that s...

Opposition MP Michael Dunkley said at the weekend that the Throne Speech was the one of the weakest he had heard in his time in Parliament. Mr Dunkley, a former premier, added he was “surprised and disappointed that Covid was not more of a feature” o...