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The Government will launch a review of the island’s fire service to determine its fitness for its role. The Throne Speech, delivered yesterday by Tom Oppenheim, the Deputy Governor, said the Government would approach His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Con...

Anyone expecting an overarching plan to dramatically improve Bermuda’s moribund economy while containing the rise in the cost of living will have been disappointed in the Throne Speech yesterday. The Government’s lack of ambition may actually be righ...

Madame President and Members of the Senate, Mr Deputy Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly — Bermuda has been tested. Our families, systems, and institutions have been confronted with immense strains that have threatened to radically alter Be...

The reading of the Throne Speech by Tom Oppenheim, the Deputy Governor, has concluded. We will be bringing further updates on details of the speech here and on the home page. Mr Oppenheim was authorised by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, to deliver the sp...

The cost of living crisis is set to dominate as the Government outlines its legislative agenda for the coming year in the Throne Speech today. David Burt, who was recently re-elected leader of the Progressive Labour Party, will outline key objective...

When the Throne Speech is delivered tomorrow, the Government is likely to strike a balance between laying out its policy and legislative plans for the year and the philosophy underpinning them. Some past speeches have been longer on philosophy than ...

Senior police officers are in talks with the Government after a push to get more officers on the beat. Renee Ming, the national security minister, revealed this week that the Bermuda Police Service had asked for extra cash to fund a recruitment drive...

Senators sparred over infrastructure projects and the replacement of the Tynes Bay Incinerator during the Reply to the Throne Speech debate in the Upper House today. Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister of Public Works, attacked the One Bermuda Alliance...

Although the Government’s Speech from the Throne has been criticised for being long on rhetoric and short on substance, the environment received more attention than usual — and it’s about time. This may have been driven by the speech being delivered...

The Government must conduct a robust public consultation before the development of a sustainable offshore fishing industry, a conservation action group has said. Plans to create a marine protected area that prohibits fishing – as well as a fishery – ...

David Burt has defended the pace of constitutional reform after the same promises on changes in the relationship with the UK were made in two successive Throne Speeches. The Premier insisted that it was wrong to say very little had been done on the ...

Diversifying the economy and using new technology to compete will be vital to the future prosperity of the country, a Government minister said on Friday. Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, said during the debate on the Throne Speech: “The only w...