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Campaigners for better treatment for mixed-status families and reform of immigration law fear that proposed legislation has been rushed and may not be tabled in the House of Assembly before it adjourns for the summer break. A spokeswoman for Supporti...

The high cost of living has driven people away from Bermuda, an Opposition senator reiterated yesterday. Dwayne Robinson claimed the expense of life on the island had contributed more to the population drain than the threat of gang violence. He added...

Legislation to encourage superyacht visits and block public access to information requests about the Financial Policy Council were approved without opposition in the Senate yesterday. The Superyachts and Other Vessel (Miscellaneous) Act 2019 received...

Legislation designed to ease the plight of mixed-status families could be unveiled on Friday, the national security minister said yesterday. Wayne Caines added: “This week we aim to table amendments to the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act 1956 ...

A member of Bermuda’s Youth Parliament beat an international field to win top honours at a Caribbean competition. Halle Teart, an 18-year-old sociology and Africana studies student at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, came first in a debate on t...

An attempt was made to “cover up” the people responsible for “violence” when protesters were pepper-sprayed outside Parliament, the Premier has claimed. David Burt said his government would keep pursuing the truth about what happened during a demonst...

The history of abolitionist and National Hero Mary Prince is to be the focus of a series of events this summer. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, told the House that special tours designed to showcase Mary Prince’s B...

Improvements will be made to Port Royal Golf Course in advance of the first PGA Bermuda Championship in the autumn. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, told the House that he would provide an itemised list of the work to be done on t...

MPs have approved setting up a commission to look at the creation of a minimum wage. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said that the purpose of a minimum wage was to “protect workers against unduly low pay”. She add...

Environmentalists protested outside the House of Assembly yesterday in a bid to highlight the need for action on climate change and pollution. More than 40 people gathered outside the House at lunchtime carrying placards with slogans such as “People ...

One person received $48,000 among government payouts to demonstrators hit by pepper spray during the airport protest of December 2, 2016, the House of Assembly heard last night. It was said to be among 28 settlements made in money drawn from the Roya...

An opposition senator said he had still to get answers to questions he asked last month about an investigation into the Government’s child protection agency. Nick Kempe, the One Bermuda Alliance leader in the Upper House, said he had questioned why a...