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A law to protect the young from grooming for sex by people in positions of power was backed yesterday by the Senate. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the Criminal Code Amendment Act would create a new crimi...

Casino fees could be waived or deferred in exceptional circumstances in amended regulations approved by the House of Assembly. David Burt, the Premier, explained that hurricanes and public health emergencies were included in the scenarios that might ...

Measures to allow the Minister of Finance to defer taxes and compliance requirement in situations such as a pandemic have been approved by legislators. Amendments to both the Companies Act and the Public Treasury Act were given the green light by bot...

Changes to the social studies curriculum in public schools were designed to make sure it was “grounded in a Bermudian context”, the education minister told the House of Assembly. Diallo Rabain highlighted work to focus on black history in schools. “I...

A meeting with hotel employees and employers to discuss the future of industry in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis is to be held, the labour minister announced. Jason Hayward said the meeting would be the first for the national tripartite social dialo...

MPs defended a top Bermudian scientist leading the test programme for the coronavirus after social media posters questioned the island’s run of almost two weeks without a positive result. The support came after David Burt, the Premier, said he was di...

Plans to boost African studies in the public school system sparked a discussion on race in the House of Assembly during the motion to adjourn on Friday. Rolfe Commissiong, a Progressive Labour Party MP, said the move had been agreed in a party caucus...

Plans to build 18 homes and establish one of the island’s largest conservation areas at Riddell’s Bay have received government backing. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, tabled a special development order in a virtual sit...

Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant has been approved in the House of Assembly. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the amendments would help to keep Bermudians employed by protecting bus...

Almost 160 applications for work-permit renewals were denied since Covid-19 hit the country, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, who has responsibility for immigration, also listed more than 60 job categories af...

The new municipalities minister vowed yesterday to press on with a plan to axe the corporations of Hamilton and St George. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch admitted there was opposition to the proposal to replace the local authorities with unelected qu...

Legislation to give businesses more time before they have to make laid-off staff redundant will be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Employment Amendment Act 2020 will maintain the requirement for employees laid off for more than four month...