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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...

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”...

Security troubles across the Caribbean region bear similarities to issues confronted in Bermuda but on a considerably larger scale, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy reported to the Senate. Senator Fahy attended the one-day Caribbean/United States H...

Roughly 700 people have applied for status under a provision of the Island’s immigration law that allows certain holders of Permanent Resident Certificates to seek full citizenship. However, with only about 100 requests processed so far, six Bermudia...

The Island’s census schedule is to be set to the discretion of the Bermuda Government, with the caveat that one must be held at least every ten years. The Statistics Amendment Act 2015 received support from both sides at yesterday’s Senate, with Dial...

Opposition legislation aimed at providing the needy with food has been approved by the Senate. The Good Samaritan Food Donation Act won bipartisan support in the House of Assembly at the end of a four-hour debate in which the Government side started ...

Delinquent employers who shirk paying health insurance for their staff can now be named in public. The Health Insurance Amendment Act 2015 has been approved by the Senate with Opposition support, although the Progressive Labour Party’s Diallo Rabain ...

Prospects for entrepreneurs during the 2017 America’s Cup are being explored with a “roadshow” of public forums around the Island. The Senate heard yesterday from Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, that about 45 people attended an initial in...

The Bermuda Government has been billed for $1.66 million by the law firm MJM Limited from 2012 to the present, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy. Senator Fahy was responding to parliamentary questions from Progressive Labour Party Senat...

A “Combined Opposition” seems bent on threatening democracy in Bermuda, according to Government Senator Georgia Marshall, who suggested that the People’s Campaign was aligned with the Progressive Labour Party. The remarks came yesterday during a bull...

Total legal fees paid to MJM Ltd by the Ministry of Home Affairs since the One Bermuda Alliance took power is $1,081,931.36, Senator Michael Fahy reported in the Senate yesterday. He provided the information while answering parliamentary questions po...

Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy announced yesterday that the Department of Workforce Development’s Career Development Section had hired management firm Expertise Limited to conduct a comprehensive review of its operations. Senator Fahy told the...