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Bermuda is too small for signature schools to have a solitary focus, the education minister announced. Diallo Rabain said the island was “not of the scale” where planned signature, or specialised, schools would be able to concentrate on “one special...

Changes to speed up compensation payments to people who suffer criminal injuries and to boost cruise ship revenue have been approved in the House of Assembly. The amendments to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act and the Miscellaneous Taxes Act we...

Past convictions for possession of small amounts of cannabis could be quashed, a Cabinet minister signalled yesterday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health who led the House of Assembly budget debate for the Ministry of Legal Affairs, said the policy w...

The race to come in line with international standards has left Bermuda in a strong position, the finance minister said. Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly on Monday that last year had been a “transitional” year with a degree of uncertainty a...

MPs clashed in the House of Assembly over the hiring of a defence lawyer to run the Government’s Legal Aid office. Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz questioned whether Charles Richardson — who he described as one of the island’s “leading and very g...

The Government has cut funding for a controversial programme which sends vulnerable Bermudian children to overseas institutions. The Department of Child and Family Services will get almost $1.6 million to spend on its psychoeducational programme in t...

Government could install green energy solar panels on several of its buildings, it was revealed on Friday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly that officials had been in discussions with a company ...

A plan to introduce the “next generation” of buses for Bermuda is in its final stages, the Minister of Tourism and Transport said. Zane DeSilva added that the size of the new vehicles would be dependent on the routes they were expected to serve. He s...

The Premier has denied that the Government wanted to clip the wings of the island’s tourism authority. He was speaking after Kevin Dallas, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chief, stood down last month just after Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, warne...

Better services for people with special needs will include treatment in their own homes, MPs heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, explained that an additional grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board of $1.2 million will pay for the devel...

An online shopping platform for the post office is under development by a top professional services firm. Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said KPMG was working on a three-year proposal which is expected to see the public service c...

Cannabis was found in the system of a one-year-old child, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that the Central Government Laboratory had recorded an increase in the number of positive test results for the d...