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David Burt rejected talk of independence yesterday as he asked the British Government to dismiss a report that recommended that British citizens resident in Bermuda should have voting rights. However, the Premier warned the stance on independence co...

Bermuda is developing its capabilities to deal with “major cruise ship incidents” aboard a vessel in local waters, Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, told Parliament. Mr Caines was delivering an update to MPs on the island’s disaster ri...

The Minister of Health has defended the expansion of the sugar tax despite the objections of some businesses. Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly that diseases such as diabetes are a threat to the island’s health and the public purse. She added tha...

Immigration system changes are still a government priority, the national security minister told the House of Assembly. Wayne Caines disputed the suggestion the Government was “resting on its laurels” and said that a bipartisan committee had been at ...

A committee investigating a clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly has been granted a three-month extension. The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee, headed by Progressive Labour Party backbencher Kim Swan, was set up in J...

Nearly 200 students have this year benefited from a $300,000 Government grant to Bermuda College, the Minister of Education announced this morning. Diallo Rabian said that 198 awards were offered to students at the school during the 2018-19 academic...

The Government has put together a plan for reform based on “a future forward Government for the people of Bermuda”, David Burt told Parliament this morning. The Premier said professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and unions had been consul...

Community affairs minister Lovitta Foggo announced a series of updates on programmes within Department of Community and Cultural Affairs in a Ministerial Statement at the House of Assembly today. • To read Lovitta Foggo’s statement, click on the PDF ...

There is no doubt that David Burt is the greatest orator of our times. Coincidentally, he is also the Premier of Bermuda, the leader of the country, a position that carries with it great power. The power to move mountains, the power to sway opinion a...

A Bill designed to address gaps in the Mental Health Act of 1968 was passed on Friday. The Bill for the Mental Health Amendment Act 2018 was approved after MPs from both sides said they welcomed proposed changes to improve care for mental health pati...

MPs donated their DNA to help medical science. Carika Weldon, a Bermudian scientist at Oxford University in Britain, was at the House of Assembly last Friday to collect DNA samples as part of a study into genetic factors that led to diabetes. The pro...