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Changes to the management of sex offenders in prison are working, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs said this morning. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate: “Sex offenders who do not complete the required programmes during incarceratio...

The Premier said yesterday that no decision had been made to change House of Assembly sittings to every two weeks. David Burt said that he had decided to have the House sit on just two Fridays in June instead of the normal sessions every Friday. He ...

The House of Assembly will not sit today — the second occasion this month there have not been proceedings. It was unclear if sittings every two weeks will become normal practice. ZBM News reported this week that David Burt, the Premier, had “defende...

European Union leaders welcomed an amendment to economic substance laws before it was tabled in the House of Assembly, the Senate heard yesterday. Vance Campbell, the government Senate spokesman on finance, said Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Fina...

An Opposition senator asked the Upper House to condemn threats made to LGBTQ people after the island’s first Gay Pride celebration was announced. Dwayne Robinson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, said yesterday that he hoped more leaders would speak out ...

Drivers were asked yesterday to mark the achievements of the Theatre Boycott organisers in an island-wide show of support next week. Michelle Simmons, an independent senator, said that the plea was made by campaign group Imagine Bermuda, which also h...

Questions were raised yesterday by a senator who claimed that an investigation into the Department of Child and Family Services was carried out under legislation that was geared towards financial matters. Nick Kempe, the Opposition leader in the Sena...

A government agency which supports business start-ups has been given greater powers. The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation Amendment Act 2019 was passed by MPs in the House of Assembly on Friday. It allows the BEDC to form subsidiary companie...

An amendment to economic substance laws was passed in Parliament on Friday. The Economic Substance Amendment Act 2019 was passed without objection by MPs in the House of Assembly. The Bill will mean that entities that are tax resident in another ju...

The House of Assembly on Friday passed a Bill to suspend mandatory annual payments into the sinking fund, a reserve for money set aside to pay down long-term debt. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, called the fund, which was established in 1...

A Government MP claimed Belco should be nationalised during a Parliamentary debate about allowing ministerial approval over the company’s sale. Derrick Burgess, the Deputy Speaker, suggested interest in the power provider could be increased increment...

The Progressive Labour Party has denied the Senate’s attempt to change legislation over the appointment of staff by Cabinet ministers. The Senate had returned the Premier, Ministers and Opposition Leader Personal Staffs Act to the House of Assembly e...