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David Burt has challenged the pressure group Patients 1st to reveal its identity and meet with him over its campaign against proposed changes to the health insurance system. Speaking in the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday, the Pr...

The national security minister said on Friday that he was not sure who had seen a special report on the island’s prison system. Wayne Caines told MPs: “I do not know to whom the report was given. We were given a confidential report ... and we’re loo...

The Information Commissioner’s Office moved to a new location on Friday so that its existing premises can be demolished. The Valerie T. Scott Building and the old Hamilton Police Station will be knocked down to make way for the Ottiwell Simmons Arbit...

Passport problems that have plagued some Bermudian travellers are being addressed, the Premier said. David Burt told MPs in the House of Assembly that the issue was one the Government was “continuing to engage on”. He said: “It is my hope that we wi...

“Changes are coming”, potentially at the board level, for the island’s independent tourism overseer, Zane DeSilva warned the House of Assembly on Friday night. The Bermuda Tourism Authority was blasted for its 2019 statistics showing record tourism n...

Legislation covering Bermuda for Britain’s departure from the European Union was passed in the House of Assembly on Friday. David Burt, the Premier, said that the EU Withdrawal (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 would “ensure continuity now that t...

A move to rename the second day of Cup Match in honour of abolitionist Mary Prince has been approved by the House of Assembly. The Public Holidays Amendment Act will change Somers Day to Mary Prince Day. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Communi...

A Bill promoting Bermuda as a “landing hub for transatlantic submarine cables” carrying internet and telecommunications has won approval from both parties in the House of Assembly. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, said on Friday that the “one-stop s...

National security minister Wayne Caines updated MPs with a ministerial statement about Bermuda’s first coastguard unit, which was launched in the West End earlier this month. • To read Wayne Caines’s ministerial statement in full, click on the PDF un...

Heritage Month will have the theme “We are Bermudian” to help the Government promote the island’s cultural identity. Cultural affairs minister Lovitta Foggo urged people to reflect on their commonalities throughout the month of May. She told the Hous...

A new programme in Bermuda’s schools will help children develop their reading skills. Education minister Diallo Rabain said teachers had been trained on the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum, which has been introduced to preschool, P1 and P2 cla...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Ministry of Public Works, delivered a ministerial statement about the Government’s partnership with Belco on co-ordinated road trenching. • To read Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s ministerial statement in full, cl...