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A motion of censure against Speaker of the House Randy Horton has been passed over for a third week. Mr Horton was accused by the Progressive Labour Party of misconduct by suppressing debate — dating back to a stormy session of Parliament in March th...

The Opposition applauded Government last night for removing a controversial provision related to mammograms in a new health bill. Health Minister Jeanne Atherden made good on a promise to protesters at the Cabinet Building on Thursday during the sec...

Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development, gave a ministerial statement on the new National Electricity Sector Policy that he presented to the House of Assembly this morning. Calling it a “key step” in changing how Bermuda sources and use...

Dear Sir, The issue of caustic partisan political debate in Bermuda and the value of the Westminster system of democracy needs to be seen in light of the American Republic model where legitimacy comes from their constitutional “we the people” as oppo...

A heartfelt address to Parliament by One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Leah Scott prompted comment this evening from the Progressive Labour Party. An occasionally emotional Ms Scott pleaded for collaboration and for Members of Parliament to “listen to...

A new schedule for a national census has been approved after what were initially strenuous objections from the Opposition. In a switch from the five-year schedule set in 2002, and last carried out for the 2010 census, the count is now left to the Pre...

The One Bermuda Alliance last night issued a statement of support for backbencher Leah Scott, who appeared to break with party ranks during Friday’s House of Assembly. A spokesman said Bermuda’s people wanted their elected officials to work together,...

Employers who break the law in failing to cover their staff’s health insurance will soon be named by the Bermuda Health Council. Every month, hundreds of people are found to have no health insurance — and the council has only been able to reinstate h...

A working group has been assigned to “frame terms of reference that will guide the process for developing recommendations regarding school reorganisation and possible closure”, Minister of Education Wayne Scott told the House of Assembly on Friday. T...

The Bermuda Government’s links with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC World Markets were detailed in a testy exchange between Minister of Finance Bob Richards and Shadow Minister of Finance David Burt. During Friday’s House of Assembly,...

New proposals affecting insurance coverage for mammograms were again defended by Health Minister Jeanne Atherden yesterday. Coverage is to be switched over to the more stringent clinical practices of the United States, according to a new Bill. In ad...

Hotly contested immigration reform that brought protesters into the Senate when it was first tabled has been approved in the House of Assembly, despite opposition. The Bermuda Immigration and Protection Amendment Act 2015, which the One Bermuda Allia...