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Climate change, controls on pesticide and a sustainable tourism strategy would be worthwhile elements in the 2016 Throne Speech, according to the environment group BEST. While the Bermuda Government has thus far kept the contents of Monday’s Throne S...

The Convening of Parliament has been set back several days as a result of damage to the House of Assembly. While the ceremony — including the Throne Speech — was set to be held on Friday, the Bermuda Government has announced that it will now take pla...

The Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on Women’s Issues and Unemployment will host the next in its series of public meetings on Wednesday. The meeting, to be held at 5pm in the Dr Gordon Memorial Hall in the Bermuda Industrial Union building, will...

Dear Sir, I have just been reading on the BBC news site, about the proposed boundary changes in the UK. They are proposing the number of MPs be reduced from 650 to 600 (which I understand will be a saving of some £66 million to the taxpayer), and th...

The City of Hamilton plan that includes provisions for cycle lanes, increased city living space, better traffic flow and parking has been approved in the Senate. Senator Georgia Marshall presented the proposal, which provides the strategic direction...

Legislation reforming the process for adopted children to obtain Bermudian status passed at the Senate yesterday. The Bill, based on recommendations by the Consultative Immigration Reform Working Group, passed in the House of Assembly this month. Und...

Tax breaks for hotel developers on staff accommodation, storage and office space have been approved by the Senate, despite strong criticism from the Opposition. Independent senators sided with the concessions, over Progressive Labour Party reservatio...

The island’s first information privacy legislation has been passed in the Senate, but is likely to be delayed two years to allow organisations to prepare. However, a privacy commissioner will soon be enacted, national security minister Jeff Baron tol...

Heritage Wharf will be reconveyed “imminently” from the West End Development Corporation to the Bermuda Government, according to public works minister Craig Cannonier. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, the minister said the 2.76 acres of ...

Customs and land tax duty relief will be granted to the Hamilton Princess for the conversion of an office block into staff accommodation — despite opposition from the Progressive Labour Party. During the House of Assembly debate on the Hotels Concess...

MPs engaged in sometimes terse goodbyes on Friday night as the House of Assembly closed for the summer. Sly digs, open accusations and litigation threats flew during the Motion to Adjourn, before agitated Speaker of the House Randy Horton brought mat...

A Bill to protect the personal information of Bermuda residents has been passed in the House of Assembly. The Personal Information Protection Act 2016 “captures the very latest privacy rights and principles found across the world” and “marks a pivot...