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Government ministers — rather than the Governor — will be able to appoint parish councillors under a law passed in the House of Assembly. The Parish Councils Amendment Act 2022 also gives ministers the authority to review and abolish individual c...

Legislation extending the deadline for Wedco to file its annual financial reports was passed in the House of Assembly. The West End Development Corporation Amendment Act 2022, which was passed with no objection on Friday, extends the requirement...

Curtis Dickinson pulled out of the first head-to-head debate for the Progressive Labour Party leadership contest because he was not given the assurances he said he was promised on how it would be handled, sources close to the former finance minister ...

Bermudians looking to buy their first home will qualify for instant stamp duty relief under a law passed in the House of Assembly on Friday. Previously, new homeowners had to prove that they had lived in their property for three years before they qua...

Some public bodies’ financial statements will likely never be brought up to date, according to the Minister of Public Works. Speaking during the Motion to Adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday evening, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Ministe...

The first Progressive Labour Party leadership debate — scheduled for this evening — has been cancelled “due to a logistical error”, the party said today. In a statement, Dawn Simmons, the PLP chairwoman, said that “both candidates are fully committed...

The Government is to make changes to the controversial sugar tax, the Premier has revealed. Speaking during a debate in the House of Assembly yesterday afternoon on the Customs Tariff Amendment Act — which will provide customs relief on 21 food and h...

Concerns were raised by members of the Opposition about fuel regulation legislation being “rushed” through Parliament without proper consultation with the industry. The Fuels Bill 2022, which brings the regulation of the fuel sector under the remit o...

Curtis Dickinson has insisted that he wants to work with David Burt in government if he topples him in the looming Progressive Labour Party leadership fight. With the two former Cabinet colleagues going head-to-head in the contest’s first debate toni...

The number of visitors arriving in Bermuda will be just over half the figure seen in 2019, Vance Campbell, the tourism minister, said yesterday. He told MPs that while the projected tally for the year was 56 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, the indus...