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A parent involvement committee is to be introduced for the next school year, MPs heard this morning. The committee will work with the Commissioner of Education to improve parental involvement, education minister Wayne Scott told the House of Assembl...

Senators have roundly endorsed new legislation aimed at prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of mental illness. The Human Rights Amendment Act 2016 was debated by the Senate yesterday and received support from both the Bermuda Government, Opposi...

Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security, has pledged to work with senate colleagues from the Opposition to tackle crime in the East End. Mr Baron told the Senate yesterday he would listen to concerns raised about a recent rise in burglaries and...

Senators crossed swords over the airport redevelopment plans yesterday after government senator Georgia Marshall branded the public private partnership as a “stroke of brilliance”. Ms Marshall, who was speaking during the motion to adjourn, maintaine...

Rolfe Commissiong has suggested that the Employment Act needs to be amended so that employers are obliged to pay overtime rates to employees working in excess of 40 hours a week. During the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday, he sai...

Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, has defended his position in face of accusations that he did not adhere to financial instructions over the release of key information about the Bermuda Government’s airport plans. Shadow minister and chairman o...

Progressive Labour Party MP Diallo Rabain has accused the Bermuda Government of issuing “essentially illegal” work permits to motor mechanics, landscape gardeners, electricians and welders. Mr Rabain said he was “shocked” to learn from responses to p...

David Burt, the acting Leader of the Opposition, said he was “shocked” by an editorial he read in The Royal Gazette about a perceived lack of public protest over gun crime, and called on the editor to make a retraction. Mr Burt described the editoria...

Malicious hackers have made an unsuccessful attempt to break into the Bermuda Police Service’s computer network. According to Michael DeSilva, the Commissioner of Police, the system was “recently targeted in a ransomware attack” — referring to softwa...

The Bermuda Government’s bid to sell off the Harrington Sound Post Office goes before legislators to debate in today’s House of Assembly. The building and its property could sell for $700,000 according to its sale and purchase agreement. The discussi...

A Bill amending the definition of “agreement” regarding Tax Information Exchange Agreements has been passed in the Senate. The International Co-operation (Tax Information Exchange Agreements) Amendments Act 2016 also added a regulation-making power,...

A Bill to provide more flexibility for the management and operation of Bermuda partnerships has been passed in the House of Assembly. The Partnerships and Companies Amendment Act 2016 also clarifies the legal impact of certain changes in the constit...