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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...

Legislation to encourage superyachts to visit Bermuda passed with all-party support in the House of Assembly last night. Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Tourism and Transport, said the Superyachts and Other Vessels (Miscellaneous) Act would help to mak...

Bermuda sports anti-drug body tested 83 people with four positive results for cannabis, the sports minister told MPs today. Lovitta Foggo said there were also “two adverse findings” reported by the Bermuda Anti- Doping Authority. Ms Foggo was speakin...

The Governor sidestepped questions yesterday on a report into a demonstration three years ago when police used pepper spray on protesters outside the House of Assembly. John Rankin said he had “carefully” read the report into the incident by a parlia...

An update on a stalled hotel development in Southampton will be made in the House of Assembly today. Curtis Dickinson, the finance minister, will make a statment to MPs about the troubled Caroline Bay development at Morgan’s Point. Mr Dickinson warne...

The Government’s refusal to release a financial report into a failed sports centre that cost taxpayers millions of dollars could end up in court. Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez told the Department of Public Lands and Buildings to disclo...

The land valuation department has gone paperless, the public works minister said yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch told MPs that the department had been one of the first to become paperless and no longer had a physical filing system. He added...

A six-week paid summer employment programme has been launched to help curb gang violence, the Minister of National Security said today. Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly that 13 out of 15 at-risk young people who will take part had already comp...

If it wasn’t already obvious, Friday’s session of Parliament made the Progressive Labour Party’s distaste for public access to information, and, let’s face it, accountability, abundantly clear. Despite being the party that tabled and passed the legis...

Wayne Caines will make a ministerial statement tomorrow about the sale of the “white elephant” flagship of the marine police fleet. The national security minister did not respond to questions about the sale of the Australian-built patrol boat MV Guar...

No order was given to use pepper spray on protesters outside the House of Assembly during a clash with police in 2016, the island’s senior policeman said last night. And he denied an accusation that the gold commander at the incident had failed to an...