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More than 100 items of legislation have been drafted so far this year, the Attorney-General told the Senate today. Kathy Lynn Simmons gave an update on the work of the Drafting Office team of her chambers and said 31 Acts had been passed and 84 statu...

Senators approved legislation to offer tax and duty breaks to several hotel redevelopment projects. The Tourism Investment Amendment Act, the Tourism Investment (St George’s Club) Order, and the Tourism investment (Rosewood Bermuda) Order were all pa...

Legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $600 million to $3.5 billion was approved by senators this morning. Independent senator James Jardine said of the Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act: “I understand the need to provide for that based on the ...

A campaigner for the disabled yesterday said the City of Hamilton should hire her to improve its services for people with physical disabilities after a disabled parking spot was used to provide an outdoor dining area at a restaurant. LaKiesha Wolffe,...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, located in the Botanical Gardens, was closed late this morning until further notice due to a continued water shortage. This issue is being addressed and DENR apologises to their customers for any i...

A Royal Bermuda Regiment soldier who saved her wheelchair-bound brother-in-law from a blazing house has won the Hero of the Year from the Kiwanis Club of St George’s. Latoya Brown-Hayward pulled Omar Hayward -a Paralympian — from their home after she...

Young people will have greater protection from grooming for sex by “authority figures” after MPs backed tougher legislation to combat predators. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health and spokeswoman for legal affairs in the House of Assembly, said that ...

Legal changes to level the playing field in jury selection have won unanimous backing in the House of Assembly. The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 removed the right for prosecutors to “standby” an unlimited number of potential jurors without r...

A campaigner for the disabled has thrown her support behind a government plan to give more contracts to businesses owned by the disabled, women and black people. LaKiesha Wolffe, who has an artificial leg and is the founder and owner of A New Life Co...

A Cabinet member said that he offered to meet the leader of the island’s white-collar union today to discuss alleged attempts by health ministry staff to bring down a scientist in the front line of the battle against Covid-19. Lieutenant-Colonel Davi...

How did the news media mess up in the 100 days leading up to the 2016 presidential election? Let me count the ways. Journalists relied too much on what opinion polls were saying and often presented a skewed interpretation of their meaning. That fed t...

Bermuda College has no long-term debt, the Minister of Education told MPs. The news came as Diallo Rabain presented the 2018 and 2019 financial statements for the college on Friday. Bermuda College had assets in excess of $23.86m and total liabiliti...