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Dear Sir, It should give us all consternation that local politics is becoming a circus played out in the courts due to accusation, allegations and what appears to be outright lies to discredit your opposition politically. It is disturbing that guilt ...

A property sales incentive has been passed by the Senate despite being resolutely opposed by the three Progressive Labour Party members. The Bermuda Immigration and Protection (Land-Holding Charges) Regulations Amendment 2015 postponed a hike in land...

Legislation to pave the way for a five-star hotel in St George’s is due to be debated today at a special sitting of the Senate. The St George’s Hotel Act 2015 authorises the leasing of the land to the developer and grants rights, leases, concessions,...

Legislation setting the stage for a long-anticipated resort in St George’s has been approved in the Senate. However, the St George’s Resort Act, which allows leases and concessions in connection with the development, faced sharp scrutiny from the Opp...

The Progressive Labour Party today reiterated concerns about the Bermuda Government moving forward with the airport redevelopment project, and pledged to highlight issues during tomorrow’s sitting of the Senate. A PLP spokesman said that even though ...

The Island is seeing growth in property sales to non-Bermudians, but realtors have warned the Bermuda Government to defer a hike in property fees, citing $124.5 million in land transactions that are “in train” at present. The growth in purchases from...

Details have been given in Parliament on the bid for the South Basin Land Reclamation project in Dockyard, in which the United States construction firm Jay Cashman, Inc came top. The project, in preparation for the America’s Cup, came under Oppositio...

A fee increase for hospital medical and dental procedures has gone before legislators. Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, stressed that physicians have not seen the annual fees order change in the last two years, even after the sector fell by 1...

Reporting issues have rendered recent financial statements for the Health Insurance Department “unauditable” by the Auditor-General. However, Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, said that “better days are ahead”, as the department has advanced g...

Progressive Labour Party Member of Parliament Zane DeSilva called unsuccessfully for Yahaira Richards, wife of One Bermuda Alliance MP Sylvan Richards, to be removed from the House of Assembly’s public gallery. Mr DeSilva objected to the presence of ...

After nearly three decades of lying fallow, the East End’s vacant hotel property will get “site work” before the year’s end, with groundbreaking for a new resort to commence in the first quarter of 2016. Plans include 122 hotel rooms, six estate resi...

Bermudians wanting to work for the St George’s hotel will receive training despite the requirement being removed from the legislation, the One Bermuda Alliance has promised. Concerns about the role that Bermudians would play in the East End hotel dom...