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The anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire has been axed in favour of a “Bermuda-centric” programme, national security minister Wayne Caines announced yesterday. The United States-based programme would have cost $200,000 for this financial year, bu...

Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, will make a statement on the termination of the anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire in the House of Assembly today. The island’s regulatory regime for digital currencies will also be debated. The B...

The cancellation of the contract with an American-based organisation designed to fight gang violence will be discussed in the House of Assembly on Friday. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, will address the cancellation of the Operatio...

Ministers from the Bermuda Government are to be asked to give evidence before British MPs as part of a probe into tax avoidance and evasion. The sub-committee of the Treasury Select Committee launched its investigation in the wake of the Panama and P...

Rules to regulate a boom market in cryptocurrencies were tabled yesterday in the House of Assembly. Wayne Caines, Minister of National Security, said the new rules would make Bermuda one of the first countries in the world to regulate initial coin of...

The Government is still to decide if betting shops need tougher regulation to block money laundering and terrorism funding as a critical international assessment looms on the horizon. David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, admitted in Novem...

Legislation to regulate a new digital currency industry in Bermuda is to be tabled as MPs return to Parliament tomorrow. Lawrence Scott, the Government Whip said the Bill “lays the regulatory foundation for us to become a leader in the cryptocurrency...

On March 19, I was given the rare and distinct privilege to be invited to sit within the parliamentary chambers of the House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands during its 2018-19 Budget Statement. As someone with maternal roots in BVI, it gave...

Dear Sir, So Khalid Wasi has now turned his attention to another One Bermuda Alliance man (Opinion, March 26, 2018). Another OBA former minister, Trevor Moniz. Another hatchet job in the prime spot on Page 4 with a carefully selected headline. No exa...

The Senate approved the purchase of the failed Sandys 360 sports centre for $1 million yesterday. The Purchase and Sale Agreement Between the Trustees of Sandys Secondary Middle School and the Government of Bermuda was passed with no objections. And...

Senators will return to a spruced-up chamber when they get back to work after Easter, Deputy Speaker Derrick Burgess told MPs last week. “Major work” over Christmas transformed the former Supreme Court 2 in Sessions House, with microphones installed ...