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The Government is working on suggestions made in a comprehensive proposal for Bermuda’s future and will look further at others, MPs heard. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, highlighted recommendations made by BermudaFirst in its Future Stat...

The Premier is close to being “a wannabe dictator”, the Opposition leader claimed yesterday. Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, accused David Burt of “putting his foot on the throat of democracy”. He said: “The Premier has dem...

The Premier said he would push the Speaker of the House to deliver a written ruling to justify his decision to halt his ministerial statement yesterday on the floor of the House. Mr Burt and Speaker Dennis Lister clashed when Mr Burt tried to get Mr ...

Both the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition were disciplined by the Speaker of the House yesterday in chaotic scenes in the House of Assembly. David Burt was ordered by Speaker Dennis Lister to stop reading a ministerial statement — and earlier...

The Premier will reveal pledges to be added to the Government’s agenda today in the House of Assembly. David Burt told the Progressive Labour Party’s delegates conference last month that he would highlight promises fulfilled from last year’s Throne S...

Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz has accused the Government of “sleazy” and “Trumpian” behaviour for spending public funds on a flyer touting its own achievements. Taxpayers forked out more than $5,000 for the four-page pamphlet, according to a pr...

Britain’s House of Commons elected a new Speaker on Monday. That this is even news outside a small Westminster bubble reflects the enormous attention courted by the previous holder of the post, John Bercow. He was undoubtedly an historic figure, and ...

Legislation to draw a legal line between cannabis and hemp has been passed by the House of Assembly. The Misuse of Drugs (Hemp) Amendment Act 2019 amended the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 to create a distinction between cannabis and hemp to allow for th...

Retired Puisne Judge Norma Wade-Miller will head an investigation into alleged land grabs. David Burt, the Premier, announced the members of the Commission of Inquiry at the House of Assembly yesterday. A motion to set up an inquiry was tabled by lat...

Legislation to increase Bermuda’s debt ceiling is expected to be debated today in the first sitting of the new session of the House of Assembly. The Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act, tabled in September, will increase the debt ceiling by $250 mi...

The national security minister called for the reinstatement of a working group on climate change. Wayne Caines spoke at the House of Assembly after a forum held in Bermuda heard that small islands could feel climate change before other locations. The...

Construction of an East End development “is on time and on budget”, the finance minister announced this morning. Curtis Dickinson told MPs that the St Regis hotel in St George’s is expected to open for spring 2021. He added: “This project has and c...