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A Bill banning the smoking of electronic cigarettes indoors has been introduced to Parliament. The Tobacco Control Bill 2015 also seeks to ban the sale of flavoured tobacco products — excluding menthols — and, similar to moves elsewhere in the world,...

The ever-accelerating rate at which technology changes challenges everyone, but perhaps lawmakers more than most. The process of writing and passing laws and regulations can be time-consuming and complex. By the time legislation has been written to...

Regulations are on the way for the Island’s unmonitored summer camps, according to Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Community, Culture and Sports. In the meantime, the minister said, a “safe camp committee” is issuing parents with a “top ten ...

The St John Ambulance charity held its annual St John Day Service yesterday at the Anglican Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity. Governor George Ferguson attended, as did senior medical officers and police staff. The service was followed by awards and...

Controversy over the hiring of a dialysis consultant at the hospital has been picked up in the Senate, with Opposition Senator Renee Ming saying The Royal Gazette report left “more questions than answers”. Yesterday’s article with nurse Irene Ashton ...

The Bar Council has reiterated its position that some proposed criminal legislation reforms “are a cause for concern”. It comes after Attorney General Moniz told the House of Assembly that he had been repeatedly told by immediate past president Justi...

By Jonathan Bell The Senate debate on sweeping reforms to the Island’s criminal justice system has been deferred for the second week. The changes, some of which raised concerns from the Bermuda Bar Council, are contained in the Disclosure and Crimina...

A new development plan for Hamilton, including a development scheme for “bonus floors”, was unveiled in the Senate yesterday by Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy. The Draft City of Hamilton Plan 2015 is to go out for three months of public consultat...

Bermuda urgently needs a frank conversation about race relations, One Bermuda Alliance Senator Jeff Baron told the Upper House at the close of debate. “Are we there yet? We may not be there yet, but certainly we need to get there,” Sen Baron said, ca...

The Progressive Labour Party has called on Attorney General Trevor Moniz to resign, accusing him of misleading the House of Assembly regarding controversial criminal justice legislation. However Mr Moniz has responded that the PLP have been “mischiev...

Health insurance alterations have gone before the Senate — minus changes to governmental cover for mammograms. One Bermuda Alliance Senator Lynne Woolridge said the mammography amendment had been dropped in the face of “significant public misgivings”...