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Rumours that Wayne Caines has been hired by Ascendant Group have been firmly denied by the company. Ascendant responded to a question from The Royal Gazette yesterday about claims circulating on social media that the former Minister of National Secur...

A study has found a drop in drug use among the island’s schoolchildren, the Attorney-General has revealed. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate on Wednesday that a survey of public, private and home-schooled pupils conducted by the Department of Nation...

A law to protect the young from grooming for sex by people in positions of power was backed yesterday by the Senate. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the Criminal Code Amendment Act would create a new crimi...

An Opposition senator appealed yesterday to the public to lobby MPs over the Government’s plan to do away with the corporations of Hamilton and St George. Dwayne Robinson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, highlighted that legislation to abolish the munic...

Casino fees could be waived or deferred in exceptional circumstances in amended regulations approved by the House of Assembly. David Burt, the Premier, explained that hurricanes and public health emergencies were included in the scenarios that might ...

Measures to allow the Minister of Finance to defer taxes and compliance requirement in situations such as a pandemic have been approved by legislators. Amendments to both the Companies Act and the Public Treasury Act were given the green light by bot...

Changes to the social studies curriculum in public schools were designed to make sure it was “grounded in a Bermudian context”, the education minister told the House of Assembly. Diallo Rabain highlighted work to focus on black history in schools. “I...

A meeting with hotel employees and employers to discuss the future of industry in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis is to be held, the labour minister announced. Jason Hayward said the meeting would be the first for the national tripartite social dialo...

MPs defended a top Bermudian scientist leading the test programme for the coronavirus after social media posters questioned the island’s run of almost two weeks without a positive result. The support came after David Burt, the Premier, said he was di...

Plans to boost African studies in the public school system sparked a discussion on race in the House of Assembly during the motion to adjourn on Friday. Rolfe Commissiong, a Progressive Labour Party MP, said the move had been agreed in a party caucus...

Plans to build 18 homes and establish one of the island’s largest conservation areas at Riddell’s Bay have received government backing. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, tabled a special development order in a virtual sit...

Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant has been approved in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the amendments would help to keep Bermudians employed by protecting bus...