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The House of Assembly got guidance from the UK on how to handle a harassment complaint against former MP Rolfe Commissiong because it had no "codes or standards“ of its own, The Royal Gazette can reveal. But the advice given and other records held by...

After a tumultuous 12 months in politics we look ahead at the likely flashpoints in the year to come. Shaun Connolly reports. HIGH STAKES IN CANNABIS CLASH David Burt, the Premier, appears on a collision course with Rena Lalgie, the Governor, over fa...

The Government’s plans to legalise and regulate the sale of cannabis in Bermuda struck a major roadblock in March after legislation was rejected by the Senate – which delayed a potential stand-off with the UK. The Cannabis Licensing Act, which set ou...

When a government politician has to go public on public media (as was the case with Christopher Famous ) and call the opposition "the silent six" for non-appearance, to me it’s either facetious or a troubling state of affairs for the country. It's li...

"If God did not want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep.” — Calvera, The Magnificent Seven According to the storyline of the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, seven men were hired to protect life and liberty from the self-styled big ...

The replacement of paper with online transactions at the Department of Immigration was slowed by the impact of Covid-19 as well as by old equipment, the labour minister said Friday. But Jason Hayward told the House of Assembly that the department had...

A relationship with a company contracted to bring tidal power to Bermuda was yesterday defended by the Government after the One Bermuda Alliance questioned the deal. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said it was “misleading and unfounded” to s...

New travel regulations, including the ability for residents to use their pre-departure test as an arrival test if returning within 72 hours, came into effect yesterday. Three changes, which have been brought to streamline border protocols, apply to a...

A proposal to boost insurance payouts for road accidents have been put before Parliament. The legislation, an update to a law passed in the 1940s, seeks to increase insurer liability for anyone travelling in a car or “a public carriage”. The insurer ...

A former director of the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs will head a new committee set up to preserve the histories of school scheduled for closure, the education minister has announced. Diallo Rabain said Heather Whalen would spearhead ...

A 500-page report by a Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses signalled “the last mile” of a decades-long race, the Premier said yesterday. David Burt highlighted that the document would be difficult for some people to read and was among...

This is the epilogue to the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses in Bermuda, which was submitted to the House of Assembly yesterday. One complainant described the process by which his ancestors had been unjustly disposs...