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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...

Legislation designed to set up a commission to examine the creation of a minimum wage is to be debated in the House of Assembly today. The Employment (Wage Commission) Act 2019 is among six Bills expected to be discussed in what was predicted to be a...

Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, highlighted the winners of government scholarships this morning in the House of Assembly. There were almost 50 awards made in a variety of areas of study. Among the winners were Taj Donville-Outerbridge, Ryan...

A two-hour information session was held for senators two days before they were asked to consider wide-ranging legislation to enhance the protection of children against sexual abuse. They were invited to the briefing ahead of an “unusual” move in the ...

Residents who commit sexual assaults against Bermudian-based children overseas could face prosecution on the island under legislation backed by senators yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the legis...

Legislation to make a government financial advisory body exempt from public access to information laws was passed on Friday. The Public Access to Information Amendment Act 2019 excludes the Financial Policy Council from Pati. Wayne Furbert, the Mini...

Legislation to amend the Health Insurance Act 1970 was approved at the weekend. The change will allow the health minister to make any additional benefit “subject to criteria, including means test criteria, and authorise the Health Insurance Committ...

A potential new executive director for the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission has been identified, with the gambling watchdog in the “early stages of discussion as to their suitability for the role”. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said in t...

The Premier tabled a posthumous pardon for a pastor jailed after he exposed horrific work conditions for West Indian workers at the former Royal Naval Dockyard more than 100 years ago. David Burt said John Rankin, the Governor, had granted the “full ...

Questions ranging from the emigration of Bermudians to the island’s surging rat population were fielded by David Burt during Premier’s Question Time on Friday. Mr Burt took opening queries from Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the Opposition, on the “p...

The decision to not release a report into a failed sports centre was based on advice from the Attorney-Gerneral’s Chambers, the public works minister told MPs. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said: “I’m not making decisions of this nature on my own. T...