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Smokers and drinkers will have to pay extra sin taxes, it was revealed on Friday. Wayne Furbert, the junior finance minister, said duty on tobacco, wine, spirits and beer will all be increased. He added that the higher taxes were expected to generate...

A British Parliament committee report that recommended British citizens should vote, gain citizenship and run for office in Bermuda has been rejected unanimously by MPs. David Burt moved a motion in the House of Assembly to reject the report from the...

The next Director of Public Prosecutions should be a black “born Bermudian” the Deputy Speaker of the House has said. Derrick Burgess, of the Progressive Labour Party, said “perpetual racism” had kept white people at the top in Bermuda during the mot...

The home affairs minister will today outline the Government’s policy regulations for the sale of power firm Belco in the House of Assembly. Walter Roban’s statement will come less than two months after Ascendant, Belco’s parent company, announced it ...

An attempt to turn elected corporations into government quangos remains balanced on a knife edge after it met firm resistance in the Upper House last night. Senators rose from their debate on the Municipalities Reform Act 2019 without taking a vote a...

Part of Ireland Island North has been declared off limits for drone flights after at least three instances of intrusions over Westgate Correctional Facility. Westgate joins the Bermuda Police Service’s headquarters in Prospect, Devonshire, under new ...

A project to fix telecoms towers throughout Bermuda was put into action after safety equipment used to access some sites fell into such disrepair it became risky to use. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of ...

A review board to assess the salaries of ministers and MPs is to be given an extra three months to finish its work. David Burt, the Premier, made the announcement this morning in the House of Assembly, as legislators prepare to start the Budget debat...

The Mental Health Amendment Act and the Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act won support from both political parties as they passed through the Senate yesterday. The revised Mental Health Act, which addresses gaps in the previous Mental Health Act, sets r...

The Attorney-General expressed concerns about the drug market in Bermuda yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate: “The drug market is still very much active in Bermuda as persons who sought drug treatment, or have been offenders of the law have...

The Premier shouldered the blame yesterday for a deleted paragraph in a document that triggered Bermuda’s inclusion on an EU blacklist of noncooperative jurisdictions branded tax havens. David Burt told the House of Assembly: “This issue is one for w...

Controversial legislation to turn Bermuda’s two municipalities into unelected quangos was passed by MPs this morning. The decision will bring to an end a combined total of almost 450 years of local government in Hamilton and St George’s. MPs voted 2...