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Just over 1,000 work permits have been issued in connection with the America’s Cup, home affairs minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has told MPs. In addition, the airport terminal development has been linked to 59 work permits to date, according to res...

The deal for the East End’s first hotel in decades has been bolstered with a Bermuda government guarantee of up to $25 million for the St Regis resort. Parliament heard that the guarantee will go towards a $60 million loan from Butterfield Bank for H...

The House of Assembly reconvenes today with several pieces of legislation on the agenda. Government Bills will include: The Partnership and Limited Liability Company (Beneficial Ownership) Amendment Act 2017; the Companies Amendment (No 2) Act 2017; ...

Bermuda is in no position to be swirling in a pool of emotional heated exchanges purely based on how people with different views feel about what happened on December 2 last year, when mayhem erupted outside the House of Parliament between protesters ...

Political interference has been implied in the fateful decision for Parliament to proceed after demonstrators blocked the gates leading to the House of Assembly on December 2. Parliament had been cancelled at the behest of Randy Horton, the Speaker o...

The Bermuda Police Service has concluded its investigation into the protests outside Parliament on December 2, according to a police spokesman, with “a number of files” sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for consideration. To date, 15 people...

The Senate passed a series of regulations in the House of Assembly on Friday evening. The Government Fees Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2017, the Electronic Communications (Regulatory Authority Fees) Regulations 2017, and the Electricity (Regulatory ...

The 2017-18 Budget was approved by the Senate on Friday evening after more than 20 hours of debate on the estimates of expenditure for 25 government ministries. During the motion to adjourn, several senators spoke about the importance of the process ...

Tourism minister Michael Fahy has drafted a Bill in the Senate to “eliminate the cumbersome and costly” administration process for hotels and tourist attractions to gain concessions. Mr Fahy’s Tourism Investment Act 2017 will also ensure that busine...

The customs tariff on beer will remain the same in the coming fiscal year after a rare moment of collaboration between the two political parties. However, duty on gas and diesel will increase by five cents in line with the Bermuda Government’s amende...

Dear Sir, I am writing about the people protest on December 2, 2016. It was a day that would live in the memory of many Bermudians for the rest of their natural lives and go in the history books. That day drew parallels for me of South Africa aparthe...

New equipment is being bought to improve waste collection and increase the amount of road repairs being carried out on the island. According to public works minister Craig Cannonier, work was hindered in the past fiscal year because of “reliability ...