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Legislation designed to end “unhelpful blaming and shaming” in divorce cases was backed by the Senate today. The Upper House heard the Matrimonial Causes (Faultless Divorce) Amendment Act was the first of several changes designed to modernise matrim...

Legislation designed to keep better tabs on the pharmaceutical sector was today backed by the Senate. The Pharmacy and Poisons Amendment Act 2022 will bolster the Bermuda Pharmacy Council with the appointment of a member qualified in legal and ethic...

Former One Bermuda Alliance General Election candidate Doug De Couto has been appointed to the Senate to replace Marcus Jones who quit after controversial remarks about teenagers. Cole Simons, the leader of the OBA, said today: “As a fresh new face t...

The One Bermuda Alliance’s acting Senate leader has quit after uproar over comments he made that teenagers are inviting abuse

Senators clashed yesterday over the hazards of social media and inappropriate images of young people leading to abuse. Lindsay Simmons, the junior social development minister, clashed with Marcus Jones, the Acting Opposition Leader in the Senate duri...

Insurance payouts for people injured on the roads have been tripled after getting full Senate approval yesterday. The Motor Car Insurance (Third Party Risks) and Public Carriage Amendment Act 2022 was brought by the Reverend Emily Gail Dill, the juni...

Insurers will be given a say in the drafting of universal healthcare in Bermuda, the Senate heard yesterday. Arianna Hodgson, the junior labour, health and finance minister, was responding to queries from independent senator John Wight on the Bermuda...

Mask requirements for young schoolchildren came up for question in the Senate as the Upper House agreed to extend Covid-19 emergency health orders beyond the end of this month to March 31. Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister, said there was “...

A new Progressive Labour Party senator paid tribute in the Upper House to former PLP MP Walter King as well as sports coach Myron Bean. The Reverend Emily Gail Dill gave condolences to the family of Mr King, who served in the House of Assembly from 1...

Dear Sir, The standard for professional journalism sank to its lowest level as witnessed in the press conference on February 16, 2022 held at Government House. The Premier and leader of this country, the Honourable E. David Burt, JP MP held a press c...

A new senator was sworn in yesterday morning to replace disgraced ex-member of the Upper House Curtis Richardson. A ceremony at Government House saw the Reverend Emilygail Dill fill the vacant post and also become a junior minister for National Secur...

An Opposition senator accused the Premier of playing favourites with the appointment of MPs and senators to Government boards. Marcus Jones, the shadow economic development minister, told the Upper House that David Burt awarded influential positions ...