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The Bermuda Government has executed short-term loan facilities with local banks that will allow it to draw up to $170 million in funds to help cope with the Covid-19 crisis. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, also told MPs in the House of Ass...

Teenagers said yesterday that it was important to break down barriers and unite in the battle against racism and inequality. McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, Ywione Darrell and Nizae Douglas, members of the island’s Youth Parliament, were speaking before a pla...

Legislation tackling the legacy of racism in Bermuda will be brought to the House of Assembly, David Burt said last night. Speaking during the motion to adjourn, the Premier told MPs he hoped people fired up for action over racism would “not let this...

A temporary pay cut to parliamentarians was branded “window dressing” yesterday because the take-home pay for legislators would remain unchanged. The claim came after it was announced that MPs will have their salaries reduced for a year from July 1. ...

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly led tributes yesterday to civil rights hero Eva Hodgson. Derrick Burgess told MPs during a virtual sitting that Dr Hodgson, who died last week, “loved her family and will be deeply missed”. He said: “Since ...

Amendments to help Bermuda respond as fast as possible to marine pollution incidents were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, said the Merchant Shipping Amendment Act would allow him to gi...

Members of Parliament passed legislation yesterday that will mean a curfew can be imposed for up to a week at a time. David Burt, the Premier, explained that the Summary Offences Amendment Act 2020 was designed to “broaden the Governor’s power to ord...

Changes to laws will offer increased public scrutiny on the introduction of emergency measures, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt explained that the Emergency Powers Amendment Act 2020 would clarify the legal position “to ensure greater transpar...

Updates on the plan to reopen schools, borrowing agreements between the Government and banks, and the national space strategy after the American launch of the SpaceX-manned rocket will be dealt with in ministerial statements in the House of Assembly ...

Bermuda aims to tap into the lucrative space industry under a plan announced by the Deputy Premier today. Walter Roban unveiled the five-year Bermuda National Space Strategy put together by a team of local and international experts. Mr Roban told the...

Groups of up to 20 people could be allowed to gather in the third phase of the island’s reopening, the Premier said today. David Burt added that the Continuing Precautions Regulations were expected to be amended to allow Wayne Caines, the national se...

Debt collectors are required to collect licences by the end of this month. A ministerial statement on the matter follows from Deputy Premier Walter Roban: I rise to inform this Honourable House of the status of the implementation of licensing of deb...