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Michael Dunkley, Bermuda’s Premier, took aim at the Opposition Leader over “irrational” comments made during a radio interview last week after the Reply to the Throne Speech. Mr Dunkley said that, during the interview on HOTT 107, Marc Bean made a se...

Both political parties have come together in support of a committee to investigate how the Island should deal with sex offenders. The motion, moved during Friday’s session of Parliament by the PLP’s Zane DeSilva and amended by OBA backbencher Mark Pe...

Team StreetSafe and the Inter Agency Gang Taskforce (IAGTF) are “alive and kicking”, according to Jeff Baron. Speaking in the Senate on the Throne Speech and the Opposition’s official Reply, the Junior Minister for Public Safety noted that Marc Bean ...

Criticism of Government as “uncaring” drew a hard-hitting response from Senator Michael Fahy as the Upper House debated the Throne Speech. Taking “great umbrage” at the accusation that the One Bermuda Alliance neglected Bermudian jobs, Sen Fahy said ...

Government’s choice of the Canadian Commercial Corporation for a new airport terminal was defended in yesterday’s House of Assembly against Opposition charges that the CCC was not a reputable organisation. Bob Richards, the Finance Minister, repeated...

New Progressive Labour Party MP Jamahl Simmons was sworn in this morning as the Opposition representative for Sandys South. The Constituency 33 MP, approved in Tuesday’s by-election, took the oath of allegiance after being led on to the floor of the ...

A report by the Auditor General that faulted the multimillion-dollar refurbishment of the Port Royal Golf Course will go before the Public Accounts Committee for discussion. The move was announced this morning by Speaker of the House Randy Horton, T...

Online tutors are now available to local students, or anyone with a library card and internet access. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Community and Culture, announced the launch of Tutor.com, which will allow users to link up with an expert tutor for a...

A deal is in the works to set up “power purchase agreements” between Belco and owners of solar power. Residential solar owners would be eligible, along with commercial power providers. The firm Gowling Lafluer Henderson has been contracted by the Dep...

Post-hurricane repairs on Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin’s house cost $765, but the bill was “settled in full”, the Senate was told. Ms Gordon-Pamplin drew Opposition criticism after Public Works teams were seen fixing her storm-damage...

Firearms could easily have been smuggled into the Island’s jails, according to a review of prison facilities by the Treatment of Offenders Board. However, according to Lt Col Edward Lamb, the Commissioner of Corrections, such concerns are well known ...

Government is discussing a possible insurance discount for struggling residents, Michael Fahy, the Home Affairs Minister, told the Senate this morning. The hint emerged during Senator Fahy’s review of grocery discounts, which was touched on in the Th...