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Parliament has passed landmark legislation prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination, following after a nine-hour debate yesterday. While there were some dissenting voices, the majority of MPs spoke in favour of the Human Rights Amendment Act 201...

Human rights champion Lois Browne Evans would have been disappointed by the Progressive Labour Party’s ambivalent stance on the Human Rights Act, according to her daughter Tina Evans Caines. An amendment outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexua...

By Premier Craig Cannonier I regret that my trip to London this week means I will not be in the House of Assembly today to debate the proposed amendments to the Human Rights Act. This is an important Bill because it speaks to the kind of Bermuda we m...

Premier Craig Cannonier is today urging parliamentarians to approve changes to the Human Rights Act which would prohibit age discrimination in all areas except the workplace and ban sexual orientation discrimination altogether. The Premier, who is of...

The City of Hamilton yesterday approved the cost of tearing down a North Street building believed to be used for illegal activity. The decision was made after Government gave its permission to demolish the building at 23 North Street. The $15,000 co...

Government is looking at legislating the City of Hamilton’s Code of Conduct, and reinstating the municipalities’ right to collect wharfage fees, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday. In an update to the Senate on Government’s plans to re...

Government has been applauded for responding to concerns over its planned changes to the Human Rights Act. A Bill amending the law to include sexual orientation as one of the grounds on which discrimination is unlawful was tabled in the House of Asse...

The Bermuda Regiment has a new man in charge after Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown officially assumed command of the military unit at a handing-over ceremony on Saturday evening. Lt Col Foster-Brown, 41, takes over from Lt Col Brian Gonsalves, who has be...

Government is to withdraw a provision within proposed amendments to the Human Rights Act which critics claimed would enable the police to harass people. The amendment expands the grounds on which discrimination is unlawful to include sexual orientati...