Log In

The public works minister told MPs yesterday that he will not release a report into the finances of a failed sports centre. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch was speaking after Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, ordered the Government to...

The decision to hold fortnightly House of Assembly meetings last month was not discussed with the Opposition, its head said yesterday. Craig Cannonier, the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, said there had been no dialogue about reducing the number ...

Senators have ditched amendments to legislation designed to create a legal framework for ministers to appoint experts and political advisers. They passed the Premier, Ministers and Opposition Leader Personal Staffs Act 2019 after MPs rejected a rewor...

Legislation for the creation of an independent wage commission is to be tabled this morning in the House of Assembly. The proposed law will be based on the recommendations of a joint select committee that recommended the establishment of a minimum an...

Steps to bring the Bermuda Post Office “up to the 21st century” have begun, the Cabinet Office minister said this morning. Wayne Furbert said that the Government “is now in the process of enhancing the information technology services and products” p...

Financial statements of the Regulatory Authority were tabled in the House of Assembly this morning. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, tabled the annual financial statements of the RA for fiscal years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. Mr Roban...

More than 100 pupils from Bermuda’s public high schools will attend Bermuda College, the education minister said today. Diallo Rabain told MPs that 109 students from the Berkeley Institute and CedarBridge Academy had enrolled. He added: “This is up...

Changes to the management of sex offenders in prison are working, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs said this morning. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate: “Sex offenders who do not complete the required programmes during incarceratio...

The Premier said yesterday that no decision had been made to change House of Assembly sittings to every two weeks. David Burt said that he had decided to have the House sit on just two Fridays in June instead of the normal sessions every Friday. He ...

The House of Assembly will not sit today — the second occasion this month there have not been proceedings. It was unclear if sittings every two weeks will become normal practice. ZBM News reported this week that David Burt, the Premier, had “defende...

European Union leaders welcomed an amendment to economic substance laws before it was tabled in the House of Assembly, the Senate heard yesterday. Vance Campbell, the government Senate spokesman on finance, said Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Fina...

An Opposition senator asked the Upper House to condemn threats made to LGBTQ people after the island’s first Gay Pride celebration was announced. Dwayne Robinson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, said yesterday that he hoped more leaders would speak out ...