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Every cloud has a silver lining, and the same may be said to be true of hurricanes that we have had to endure over the years — and now the Covid-19 pandemic. Whatever our differences, we find a way to come together and confront the challenges that c...

Today is an historic milestone — the 400th anniversary of the island’s Parliament, which first convened at St Peter’s Church in St George. A re-creation of the inaugural session under the Governor, Nathaniel Butler, which came with a daylong sermon a...

Senators have approved moves to modernise jury selection and allow some cannabis convictions to be wiped clean. The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 and the Expungement of Convictions Act 2020 won support in the Upper House. Kathy Lynn Simmons,...

More than 100 items of legislation have been drafted so far this year, the Attorney-General told the Senate today. Kathy Lynn Simmons gave an update on the work of the Drafting Office team of her chambers and said 31 Acts had been passed and 84 statu...

Senators approved legislation to offer tax and duty breaks to several hotel redevelopment projects. The Tourism Investment Amendment Act, the Tourism Investment (St George’s Club) Order, and the Tourism investment (Rosewood Bermuda) Order were all pa...

Legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $600 million to $3.5 billion was approved by senators this morning. Independent senator James Jardine said of the Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act: “I understand the need to provide for that based on the ...

Young people will have greater protection from grooming for sex by “authority figures” after MPs backed tougher legislation to combat predators. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health and spokeswoman for legal affairs in the House of Assembly, said that ...

Legal changes to level the playing field in jury selection have won unanimous backing in the House of Assembly. The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 removed the right for prosecutors to “standby” an unlimited number of potential jurors without r...

A campaigner for the disabled has thrown her support behind a government plan to give more contracts to businesses owned by the disabled, women and black people. LaKiesha Wolffe, who has an artificial leg and is the founder and owner of A New Life Co...

A Cabinet member said that he offered to meet the leader of the island’s white-collar union today to discuss alleged attempts by health ministry staff to bring down a scientist in the front line of the battle against Covid-19. Lieutenant-Colonel Davi...

Bermuda College has no long-term debt, the Minister of Education told MPs. The news came as Diallo Rabain presented the 2018 and 2019 financial statements for the college on Friday. Bermuda College had assets in excess of $23.86m and total liabiliti...

An Opposition MP offered an apology last Friday after the Speaker of the House of Assembly found that he broke Parliamentary procedure rules. Michael Dunkley, of the One Bermuda Alliance, added that he would withdraw comments made a week earlier in a...