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Legislation designed to introduce a more flexible and responsive approach to global communicable disease was passed by MPs in the House of Assembly yesterday. The Quarantine Amendment Act 2017 and Quarantine (Maritime and Air) Regulations 2017 enjoy...

Bermuda has become the first overseas territory to be awarded whitelist status by France. David Burt, the Premier, told MPs the development underlined the Ministry of Finance’s efforts to support international co-operation on tax matters and financia...

An estimated $40 million in fees has been lost as a result of fronting land purchases by non-Bermudians, MPs were told yesterday. The sale of about 120 properties are under investigation. Walton Brown, the Minister ofHome Affairs, told the House of...

Police in Bermuda will be able to link bullets to firearms using new technology backed with $1.3 million from the British Government. The Integrated Ballistic Identification System will mean officers can collect and store 2D and 3D images of cartridg...

The best IT professionals on the island will help ensure Bermuda deals with risks associated with the internet, national security minister Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly yesterday. Mr Caines gave an update on his ministry’s plan to make cybe...

David Burt, the Premier, has dismissed a trip to meet would-be gaming operators in New York as a “figment of the imagination” of the former government. The purported trip, a source of controversy in social media in the run-up to the July General Elec...

Progressive Labour Party MPs rallied behind their leader last night as parliamentarians debated the Throne Speech. While praising the initiatives outlined by David Burt, the Premier, in the Throne Speech delivered last week, government MPs also poin...

Assertions that the One Bermuda Alliance overspent on the America’s Cup were attacked as “political grandstanding” and “pathetic” by Grant Gibbons, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development. The claims came from David Burt, the Premier and Minister...

Recruitment policies by employers will be closely monitored as part of a “next wave of changes” to immigration policy. Home affairs minister Walton Brown told the House of Assembly other items on the agenda would be an enhancement of the musician ent...

The cash back for communities programme has been put on hold after its funds were used to cover other government expenses, Parliament heard yesterday. Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, told The Royal Gazette that several community grou...

Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, declared himself “astounded” at the state of the Bermuda Land Development Company that he discovered upon taking office. Colonel Burch told the House of Assembly that the BLDC’s finances f...

Governor John Rankin has delivered the Progressive Labour Party’s first Throne Speech in nearly five years. Below is The Royal Gazette’s blow-by-blow account of today’s proceedings. For our full story, visit http://www.royalgazette.com/politics/artic...