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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 ...

Legal changes to level the playing field in jury selection have won unanimous backing in the House of Assembly. The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 removed the right for prosecutors to “standby” an unlimited number of potential jurors without r...

A campaigner for the disabled has thrown her support behind a government plan to give more contracts to businesses owned by the disabled, women and black people. LaKiesha Wolffe, who has an artificial leg and is the founder and owner of A New Life Co...

A Cabinet member said that he offered to meet the leader of the island’s white-collar union today to discuss alleged attempts by health ministry staff to bring down a scientist in the front line of the battle against Covid-19. Lieutenant-Colonel Davi...

Bermuda College has no long-term debt, the Minister of Education told MPs. The news came as Diallo Rabain presented the 2018 and 2019 financial statements for the college on Friday. Bermuda College had assets in excess of $23.86m and total liabiliti...

An Opposition MP offered an apology last Friday after the Speaker of the House of Assembly found that he broke Parliamentary procedure rules. Michael Dunkley, of the One Bermuda Alliance, added that he would withdraw comments made a week earlier in a...

Legislation to allow cannabis convictions to be removed from the record was approved in the House of Assembly on Friday. But Ministers warned that the amendments would probably not remove Bermudians from the United States “stop list”, which makes it ...

MPs have approved legislation to offer tax and duty breaks to several hotel redevelopment projects. Rosewood Bermuda, which recently underwent major renovations, and the St George’s Club, which is expected to get a revamp soon, will both get breaks. ...

Borrowers are to get greater protections, with rules governing lenders set to be toughened. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, described examples of how struggling borrowers had fallen foul of questionable lending practices amid a lack of regul...

An international arbitration centre in Hamilton could be up and running in less than two years through a public-private partnership deal with an American construction company. Plans for the five-storey Ottiwell A. Simmons International Arbitration Ce...

A “huge undertaking” to produce fresh water and treat sewage will start with a $5 million project in the East End, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said that the island-wide redevelo...