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Agriculture is being boosted with a community garden planned for each parish the House of Assembly was told this morning. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said the Government owned 38 plots of arable land across the island, ...

Bermuda’s Coastguard has spent 119 days of the Covid-19 pandemic on 24-hour readiness, the House of Assembly was told this morning. Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, said there had been an average of 4.56 patrols conducted daily, with 10...

A lifeline for people in need of financial aid because of the Covid-19 pandemic will be unveiled in the House of Assembly tomorrow. A spokesman for the Ministry of Labour said it would “ensure that individuals still in need of financial aid are trans...

A failure to deal with the problem of ageing population will have social, political and economic impacts that far outweigh the cost of keeping seniors healthy, a senator warned yesterday. Ianthia Simmons-Wade said: “Supporting and encouraging health...

Most of the homeless people sheltered in the Government’s emergency centre over the Covid-19 pandemic are back on the streets after it closed, it was revealed yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, a senator and the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Aff...

Senators yesterday approved a special development order for an 18-home development and the creation of a 64-acre of conservation area at the former Riddell’s Bay golf club. There were no objections in the virtual Senate session to the Riddell’s Bay (...

Hundreds of comments were made on a forum set up to canvas opinion on the Government’s proposals for a regulated cannabis regime, the Minister of Legal Affairs said today. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and legal affairs minister, added tha...

Legislation to wipe convictions for possession of small amounts cannabis off the records was tabled in the House of Assembly. The Expungement of Convictions Act was designed to remove the stigma of past convictions for people who were caught with sma...

The former Minister of National Security described the fallout from the Blu Bar & Grill Restaurant controversy as one of the most difficult times of his life. Wayne Caines and tourism minister Zane DeSilva were both forced to resign after they were c...

Bermuda is to grasp the chance to attract remote workers to the island with the launch of a special one-year residential certificate. The Government has also laid out a welcome mat for non-Bermudian students who, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic closin...

The island’s casino gambling watchdog will take over responsibility for all types of betting if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed. David Burt, the Premier, said the Gaming (Transfer of Functions) Act 2020 would move supervision of...

The Minister of Public Works asked residents to show their support for his “adopted daughter” who MPs heard is on a “zero dollar” contract to help in the battle against Covid-19. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told the House of Assembly on Friday tha...