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An Opposition senator yesterday accused the Government of time-wasting to dodge debate on the new Budget. Douglas De Couto, of the One Bermuda Alliance, claimed that the Government side ate up time by reading out unnecessary details about their portf...

A new senator went on the attack as he delivered his maiden speech in the Upper House yesterday. Douglas De Couto, of the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance, said that minor reductions in taxes were “trinkets” handed out by the Government to distract f...

A law to clear the criminal convictions of people caught with small amounts of cannabis has stalled because old documents often failed to quantify the amounts of drugs involved

If we are agreed that it is change Bermuda needs, then be prepared to do some heavy lifting. Change doesn’t just happen and it doesn’t come easy. A nuts-and-bolts blueprint in which people can participate, and buy into, would make for a good start. F...

Legislation designed to end “unhelpful blaming and shaming” in divorce cases was backed by the Senate today. The Upper House heard the Matrimonial Causes (Faultless Divorce) Amendment Act was the first of several changes designed to modernise matrim...

Legislation designed to keep better tabs on the pharmaceutical sector was today backed by the Senate. The Pharmacy and Poisons Amendment Act 2022 will bolster the Bermuda Pharmacy Council with the appointment of a member qualified in legal and ethic...

Former One Bermuda Alliance General Election candidate Doug De Couto has been appointed to the Senate to replace Marcus Jones who quit after controversial remarks about teenagers. Cole Simons, the leader of the OBA, said today: “As a fresh new face t...

The One Bermuda Alliance’s acting Senate leader has quit after uproar over comments he made that teenagers are inviting abuse

Senators clashed yesterday over the hazards of social media and inappropriate images of young people leading to abuse. Lindsay Simmons, the junior social development minister, clashed with Marcus Jones, the Acting Opposition Leader in the Senate duri...

Insurance payouts for people injured on the roads have been tripled after getting full Senate approval yesterday. The Motor Car Insurance (Third Party Risks) and Public Carriage Amendment Act 2022 was brought by the Reverend Emily Gail Dill, the juni...

Insurers will be given a say in the drafting of universal healthcare in Bermuda, the Senate heard yesterday. Arianna Hodgson, the junior labour, health and finance minister, was responding to queries from independent senator John Wight on the Bermuda...

Mask requirements for young schoolchildren came up for question in the Senate as the Upper House agreed to extend Covid-19 emergency health orders beyond the end of this month to March 31. Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister, said there was “...