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Updates to Public Access to Information Act have gone before Parliament. It includes a cutting down of the response time for public authorities to give information. Michael Dunkley told MPs there had been 75 Pati requests so far: 15 have been directe...

Parliament will soon debate a motion to look into “serious allegations of extortion and bribery made against sitting ministers of the Government”. The motion was brought by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert in an earlier session of the House of Assembly. R...

Bermuda’s success as a financial services jurisdiction has been boosted by the Solvency II equivalence for the local insurance market. The Solvency II directive introduces “a modernised risk-based regulatory regime for insurance and reinsurance under...

Bermuda’s business community is not an oligarchy, Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy told the Senate, defending the Government’s efforts to restore business confidence in the Island. However, the Opposition senators maintained that life has not i...

Fewer than ten garbage collection trucks were in operation on any given week during recent months, the Senate heard this morning. An average of 407 tons of waste was picked up each week around the Island. Details came from Lynne Woolridge, the Junior...

The implementation of parts of a package of legal reforms has been delayed to allow the judiciary, police and prosecutors more time to prepare for the new rules. Most of the Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure Act 2015 and the Disclosure and Criminal...

The Bermuda Government is confident that there is still an opportunity for two airlines to succeed in providing service to the Island out of Europe. Shawn Crockwell provided the House of Assembly with an update on his recent trip to the World Routes...

A memo released by the Ministry of Finance shows that Accountant-General Curtis Stovell approved the Bermuda Government to waive financial instructions on its early deals for an airport redevelopment. However, Shadow Finance Minister David Burt, who ...

A retroactive regime promising zero tolerance for corruption and graft would be a top priority by a Progressive Labour Party Government. Delivering his party’s “peace and prosperity agenda” in response to the Government’s Throne Speech, Marc Bean sai...

Healthcare reforms proposed by the Opposition include opening the Island’s market to international insurers to drive down costs through competition. The Progressive Labour Party’s Reply to the Throne Speech proposes removing the Bermuda Health Counci...

Employers owe Government more than $100 million in social insurance and payroll tax contributions, it was revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday. The startling statistic came in response to a Parliamentary question to Bob Richards, the Minister ...

The cost of policing the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda was more than $100,000. Scores of police and reserve officers from a variety of departments worked a total of 2,522 hours for the spectacle that attracted thousands to Front St...