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No cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Bermuda, the Minister of Health confirmed this morning. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly the Ministry’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit is in regular conversation with international bodies and...

Renovations at Sessions House continue in efforts to have the home of the legislature ready for the 400th anniversary of Parliament this year. Government said last September that the work included the replacement of windows as well as “health and saf...

The Attorney-General and legal affairs minister tabled yesterday legislation to legalise medical cannabis and regulations to govern licences for growers and importers, Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate the Bill and regulations — which include the se...

The Government and Opposition have clashed over the management of the economy. Michael Dunkley, an opposition backbencher, told the House the Progressive Labour Party had done little to help struggling businesses since its election in July 2017. Howe...

Pensions legislation that got turned away from the House of Assembly after the Opposition faulted its wording was approved on Friday after a redraft. The Bill, brought to the House last month by Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, all...

Consolidated Fund financial statements for the year ended March 31 were tabled in the House of Assembly Friday. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told MPs that the fund had been given an unqualified audit opinion. He added that items that ...

Powers to control traffic including taxis and minibuses are expected to be granted to West End Development Corporation workers with legislation passed by MPs. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, told the House of Assembly on Friday t...

Legislation intended to update Bermuda’s international business regulations was approved by parliamentarians on Friday night. The House of Assembly gave unanimous support to the Economic Substance Amendment (No 2) Act and the Investment Funds Amendme...

A “huge amount of work” will need to be done to reduce gang crime in Bermuda, an anti-violence campaigner claimed yesterday. Desmond Crockwell said: “We have to discourage the glorifying of the lifestyle, from an early age. “More can be done on camp...

Bermuda is on track to notch up its first year without a gun murder in more than a decade, it was revealed yesterday. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, told the House of Assembly yesterday the island had recorded no gun deaths to date,...

A long day is expected in the House of Assembly today as MPs sit for the final session of the year. It is understood that all Bills on the Order of Business that are due for second readings are to be debated, including the Criminal Injuries (Compens...

The new senator for the Progressive Labour Party warned yesterday that care of the island’s growing seniors population will take “more than just money”. Ianthia Simmons-Wade, a veteran healthcare worker and widow of former PLP leader Frederick Wade, ...