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Dear Sir, This is with reference to your article in today’s edition (October 7, 2017) about the spat in the House of Assembly. While Trevor Moniz’s remark was unpleasantly patronising and rather childish, I doubt very much whether he intended any rac...

Opposition senator Nandi Outerbridge called on Government to continue looking into transitional living space, women’s issues and the family mediation council. Ms Outerbridge said in the Upper House that these initiatives were started under the previo...

There have been discouraging signs from our House of Parliament where elected officials are expected to deal with the business of the people in a manner that sends a clear signal that disagreements should never sink to a level where bitter personal e...

MPs clashed in a race row in the House of Assembly yesterday. The controversy broke out after One Bermuda Alliance MP Trevor Moniz, the Shadow Attorney-General, clashed with Diallo Rabain, education minister for the ruling Progressive Labour Party. ...

“Deliberate distractions” over the salary paid to the man heading Bermuda’s anti-gang efforts will not deter the work within the ministry, the national security minister says. Wayne Caines used his time in the House of Assembly this morning to outli...

Bermuda will have to import non-Bermudians to cope with a health and demographic timebomb, the island’s Minister of Health said this morning. Kim Wilson explained Bermuda must be prepared to tackle health issues associated with an ageing population, ...

Two town hall meetings will address dog legislation next week. Speaking in the House of Assembly, Walton Brown, Minister of Home Affairs, said that the ministry has been consulting with stakeholders on updating the Dogs Act, which has been criticised...

David Burt this morning tabled a previously unreleased 2015 report on reforming Bermuda’s tax structure. The Premier said the report by the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre had been commissioned and received by the One Bermuda Alliance ...

Education minister Diallo Rabain highlighted Bermudian success stories as he tabled the annual report for the National Training Board. Mr Rabain told the House of Assembly four individuals, who received support and funding from the NTB, were examples...

Transport minister Walter Roban said a delegation to London helped show Bermuda is “a safe harbour and open for business”. Mr Roban joined the Bermuda Business Development Agency, the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority and local law firms on the...

The Minister of Public works today blamed a weedkiller ban for overgrown vegetation at the island’s roadsides. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said that the ban on glyphosate herbicides would remain in force. But he added the Department of Environment...

Government will look to extend Unesco support to maintain forts outside of St George’s, according to Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch. Making a statement on the island’s infrastructure, the Minister of Public Works said that, like the island’s buses, B...