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Developer Michael MacLean abandoned court proceedings after he failed to win $156 million in compensation for the voiding of his development proposal for the Hamilton waterfront, Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs said yesterday. The Bermuda ...

Violent crime in Bermuda is a public health crisis, national security minister Wayne Caines told Parliament this morning. Specifically addressing the impact of crime on the black community, Mr Caines noted that 35 black men had been shot and killed s...

Roadside breath tests will be introduced this year. David Burt, the Premier, said at the House of Assembly on Friday that his party was committed to keeping its Throne Speech promise to introduce roadside sobriety tests. Those remarks came in respon...

Jeffrey Baron, the Shadow Minister of National Security, has urged the Government to take a targeted approach to gang violence. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Baron said that the solution entailed “community engagement” and “focused ...

The Opposition has challenged the Government to issue a public statement on the success of this year’s America’s Cup. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Leader of the Opposition, questioned why the Government had failed to comment on a report that conclud...

Discussions on the “difficult issue” of end-of-life care are needed now more than ever, the health minister said this morning. Kim Wilson said a proper debate was “vital to ensure our last days are comfortable, meaningful and affordable”. Ms Wilson...

Tourism minister Jamahl Simmons tabled legislation yesterday to give himself the power to sack Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission chairman Alan Dunch. The move came after Mr Dunch questioned the intentions of MM&I Holdings, the firm involved in a contr...

Legislation will soon tackle unfair debt collection, home affairs minister Walton Brown told MPs yesterday. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act under development will cover cases such as credit card bills, auto and personal loans, mortgages and me...

Derrick Burgess yesterday insisted that there were no wrongdoings by the board, chair or deputy chair of the Bermuda Land Development Company when he was public works minister. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly said an Auditor-General’s re...

Bermuda is under threat from major cybersecurity breaches, the minister of national security said this morning. Wayne Caines said that cybersecurity was a “national priority”. He explained: “Bermuda organisations and residents face cybersecurity ...

David Burt claimed yesterday that the Progressive Labour Party had completed 14 of its 21 “first 100 days” election pledges. But statements by the Premier and his PLP colleagues suggest only ten of the promises have actually been fulfilled, with nine...

This article is based on a speech given by Christopher Famous in the House of Assembly A few weeks ago a member of public pulled me aside and asked “Now that we found love, what are we gonna do with it?” Essentially, he wanted to know that now that...