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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 ...

Drivers were asked yesterday to mark the achievements of the Theatre Boycott organisers in an island-wide show of support next week. Michelle Simmons, an independent senator, said that the plea was made by campaign group Imagine Bermuda, which also h...

Questions were raised yesterday by a senator who claimed that an investigation into the Department of Child and Family Services was carried out under legislation that was geared towards financial matters. Nick Kempe, the Opposition leader in the Sena...

A government agency which supports business start-ups has been given greater powers. The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation Amendment Act 2019 was passed by MPs in the House of Assembly on Friday. It allows the BEDC to form subsidiary companie...

An amendment to economic substance laws was passed in Parliament on Friday. The Economic Substance Amendment Act 2019 was passed without objection by MPs in the House of Assembly. The Bill will mean that entities that are tax resident in another ju...

The House of Assembly on Friday passed a Bill to suspend mandatory annual payments into the sinking fund, a reserve for money set aside to pay down long-term debt. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, called the fund, which was established in 1...

A Government MP claimed Belco should be nationalised during a Parliamentary debate about allowing ministerial approval over the company’s sale. Derrick Burgess, the Deputy Speaker, suggested interest in the power provider could be increased increment...

The Progressive Labour Party has denied the Senate’s attempt to change legislation over the appointment of staff by Cabinet ministers. The Senate had returned the Premier, Ministers and Opposition Leader Personal Staffs Act to the House of Assembly e...

Ministerial questions from the House of Assembly on Friday, June 21 Question to Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, on plans for scholarships at The University of the West Indies Jeanne Atherden, a One Bermuda Alliance MP: “$35,000 is going to ...

Senators have voted to change legislation that enshrines in law the chance for Cabinet ministers to appoint experts and political advisers. Nick Kempe, of the One Bermuda Alliance, moved an amendment to the Premier, Ministers and Opposition Leader Pe...

Three projects, including a vertical farming facility and a start-up internet provider, could be in line to benefit from the $88 million Bermuda Infrastructure Fund, it was revealed yesterday. More than a year after the scheme was launched, it has ye...