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Christmas shopping in “Back of Town” could help kick-start an economic revolution and cut crime, the chairman of a group set up to boost North Hamilton said yesterday. Charles O’Brien, chairman of Beacon Collections, the leader of the Back of Town d...

Three watchdog groups to scrutinise public spending will start work in the new year, the Speaker of the House of Assembly said. The Parliamentary Oversight Committees will hold ministers and their departments to account in an effort to get value for ...

Bermuda’s wartime air heroes will be honoured tomorrow with a special stamp series issued to mark the 100th birthday of the Royal Air Force. The four stamps from the Bermuda Post Office highlight Rowe Spurling, who fought in the First World War, and ...

The revamped North American Free Trade Agreement, now called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, has been established, almost replacing the old agreement without a whimper from the Caribbean, Bermuda or any of the smaller jurisdictions within ...

Concessions for the Bermudiana Beach Resort have been backed in the House of Assembly. Zane DeSilva, tourism minister, requested consideration of the Tourism Investment (Bermudiana Beach Resort) Order 2018 during Friday’s session which has now been ...

An education campaign will be rolled out to help local companies understand their responsibilities under new “economic substance” laws. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, admitted work was needed to make sure people know what they must do to ...

Interpol and several other agencies provided information to Bermuda’s authorities about Arbitrade, a cryptocurrency exchange and coin company, MPs heard yesterday. David Burt, the Premier, provided a personal explanation to the House of Assembly to c...

MPs on both sides of the House of Assembly vowed to stand united against the “bullying” European Union yesterday as they passed new rules designed to get tough on international business. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister claimed the House would...

Legislation to address “major gaps” in Bermuda’s mental health system was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the Mental Health Amendment Bill outlined requirements for determining mental capacity, incl...

An attempt to drum up 100 jobs hit just over 60 per cent of its target, the House of Assembly heard last Friday. Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said that a jobs fair this year resulted in 61 confirmed hires. The jobs ranged from kitche...

International legal firms who set up in Bermuda will need Bermudian lawyers to tackle cases that involve island law under conditions proposed by the Government. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the ...

A sex offenders register will be set up in Bermuda after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly last night. Opposition MPs welcomed the legal change but raised concerns about how few of the recommendations from a Joint Select Committee repo...