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Last weekend, with very little ceremony, Bermuda marked the 400th anniversary of the first meeting of its legislature. Part of the reason for the lack of pomp and circumstance was the impact of the novel coronavirus, which has hampered any kind of l...

Oversight of the Executive is one of the key roles that the Legislature is expected to play in the Westminster system of government. Collectively, members serve as a critical part of the checks and balances the Legislature provides on the exercise of...

Senators clashed over the airport redevelopment project in the wake of news of a multimillion-dollar payout to the terminal’s operators. Ianthia Simmons-Wade, a government senator, said the handling of the project by the previous administration would...

The drive for further political reform continued after 1968 and the adoption of a written constitution by British order. But change came slowly. There was the unresolved, unfinished business of the electoral system and whether parish-based, dual-seat...

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a delay to celebrations of today’s 400th anniversary of Parliament. But Dennis Lister, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Joan Dillas-Wright, the President of the Senate, have organised a full celebration for t...

Every cloud has a silver lining, and the same may be said to be true of hurricanes that we have had to endure over the years — and now the Covid-19 pandemic. Whatever our differences, we find a way to come together and confront the challenges that c...

Today is an historic milestone — the 400th anniversary of the island’s Parliament, which first convened at St Peter’s Church in St George. A re-creation of the inaugural session under the Governor, Nathaniel Butler, which came with a daylong sermon a...

Senators have approved moves to modernise jury selection and allow some cannabis convictions to be wiped clean. The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 and the Expungement of Convictions Act 2020 won support in the Upper House. Kathy Lynn Simmons,...

More than 100 items of legislation have been drafted so far this year, the Attorney-General told the Senate today. Kathy Lynn Simmons gave an update on the work of the Drafting Office team of her chambers and said 31 Acts had been passed and 84 statu...

Senators approved legislation to offer tax and duty breaks to several hotel redevelopment projects. The Tourism Investment Amendment Act, the Tourism Investment (St George’s Club) Order, and the Tourism investment (Rosewood Bermuda) Order were all pa...

Legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $600 million to $3.5 billion was approved by senators this morning. Independent senator James Jardine said of the Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act: “I understand the need to provide for that based on the ...

Young people will have greater protection from grooming for sex by “authority figures” after MPs backed tougher legislation to combat predators. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health and spokeswoman for legal affairs in the House of Assembly, said that ...