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Michael Dunkley has said he hoped to see a reduction in “unnecessary criminalisation” as a result of an amendment to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. The amendment, passed in the Senate last week, will permit the Director of Public Prosecutions...

Legislation modernising the Public Health Act and expanding standard healthcare benefits were approved in the Senate. The Public Health Amendment Act 2016 was described as an updating of existing legislation. The amendments will update Bermuda’s lis...

A draft loan from Clarien Bank to the Corporation of Hamilton to secure financing following the non-payment of the $18 million loan to Mexican Infrastructure Development Finance LLC has been approved in the Senate. The loan, which was approved by th...

New initiatives in the Ministry of Home Affairs are hoped to provide revenue boosts, according to Michael Fahy. Delivering the budget for the ministry in the Senate, Sen Fahy noted that new legislation would be introduced this year to extend the loca...

Homeowners hit by significant hikes in land tax bills could be in line for rebates after rival political parties worked together to correct an error made by the Bermuda Government. The Progressive Labour Party had insisted a new schedule of land tax ...

Diversification is key to the success of Bermuda, according to shadow economic development minister Jamahl Simmons. In his reply to the budget, he outlined opportunities for diversifying the economy already shared by the Progressive Labour Party and ...

Progressive Labour Party MPs have called on Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, to resign after five days of protests against proposed immigration reforms. During a heated Motion to Adjourn that ran until almost 6am yesterday, MPs crossed swo...

Public meetings about the St George’s hotel project will be held this year, according to the Bermuda Government. Responding to questions by Progressive Labour Party backbencher Zane DeSilva, Grant Gibbons, the Acting Minister of Tourism, told the Hou...

Senate president Carol Ann Bassett has called for unifying talks between blacks and whites to heal Bermuda’s racial tensions. Drawing on her family’s personal experiences of racism, Ms Bassett delivered an impassioned speech to the Upper House, decla...

A handful of protesters has continued demonstrations at the House of Assembly today. Eighteen people, with tape over their mouths and holding placards, stood at the entrance to Sessions House urging the Bermuda Government to withdraw the Pathways to ...

The controversial Pathways to Status immigration legislation was formally withdrawn from the House of Assembly yesterday after five days of protests. Sylvan Richards, the Junior Minister for Home Affairs, made the move shortly after the session began...

Michael Fahy has issued an apology for the way the Bermuda Government has handled the Pathways to Status Bill. Speaking as the Senate opened its Budget debate today, Senator Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, conceded he had misunderstood the level ...