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With the Bermuda Government spending under extra scrutiny during the Reply to the Budget debate, it was perhaps inevitable that the price tag for Sylvan Richards’ trip to the Olympics would come up on Friday night in the House of Assembly. The former...

Tax reform aimed at the privileged will be a key priority for the Progressive Labour Party if it wins the next General Election, leader David Burt said yesterday. Mr Burt vowed to tackle inequality by targeting “vast swaths of domestic wealth and inc...

The Senate has approved new legislation to enhance the powers of the Registrar of Companies. The Registrar of Companies (Compliance Measures) Act 2017, tabled by Senator Jeff Baron, is intended to help the island maintain its OECD rating. Mr Baron sa...

Finance minister Bob Richards is delivering the One Bermuda Alliance’s Budget for the fiscal year 2017-18 at the House of Assembly today. Follow The Royal Gazette’s website for live updates. 12.01pm Mr Richards is wrapping up now and in conclusion ...

Three Bills were passed by the Senate in the House of Assembly yesterday. The Companies and Limited Liability Company Amendment Act 2017, the International Co-operation (Tax Information Exchange Agreements) Amendment (No 2) Act 2017, and the Proceed...

Companies operating out of Bermuda will now be required to retain their records for a set period of time after going into liquidation, under a Bill passed in Parliament with bipartisan support. Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development, des...

Bermuda’s range of scholarships and awards for local students is being broadened, the House of Assembly heard. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, told MPs that the government had followed through on its 2016 Throne Speech promise with eight new ...

Attorney-General Trevor Moniz yesterday denied suggestions that the Bermuda Government had committed a breach of treaty over the Lahey Clinic lawsuit. The civil action, which alleges the Massachusetts hospital ran a bribery-based scheme with Ewart Br...

The Price Control Commission has not met since April 2016 and has now been made redundant, finance minister Bob Richards told the House of Assembly. The panel was set up in 2011 to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases amid concerns fami...

A piece of casino gaming legislation was approved in the Senate yesterday morning, despite concerns over the high initial cost for prospective operators. While Government and independent senators voted in favour of the Casino Gaming (Casino Fees) Reg...

All eyes are on the Senate today as two Bills for the airport redevelopment go before the Upper House after getting approved in Parliament following a lengthy debate. With no word of protests planned, The Royal Gazette understands that security is no...

Legislation has been passed in the Senate that will transfer the function of recording land interests from the Registrar General to the Land Title Registrar Office. The Bill was passed along with eight other pieces of legislation during yesterday’s ...