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Senators sparred over infrastructure projects and the replacement of the Tynes Bay Incinerator during the Reply to the Throne Speech debate in the Upper House today. Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister of Public Works, attacked the One Bermuda Alliance...

An “ethics adviser” and an investigator are to be hired by to make sure politicians do not engage in “compromising activity’” that breaches parliamentary rules, the Government has announced. A new Code of Conduct said: “Members must not act or make d...

Amendments to ensure that sitting Members of Parliament cannot sit on the Casino Gaming Commission were given the green light in the Senate. Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, said the previous legislation had implied that MPs ...

Reforms to help the unemployed find a way back to work were given the green light by the Senate. The Financial Assistance Amendment Act, tabled in the Senate by senator Arianna Hodgson, will introduce the creation of employment plans for the able-bod...

Financial services companies are in line to get a competitive edge after senators approved new legislation yesterday. The Incorporated Segregated Accounts Companies Amendment Act amended 2019 legislation to clarify that an incorporated segregated ac...

An entrepreneur keen to get his guided tour vehicle business on the road will have to wait after senators blocked key legislation. Kevin Burrows said he had waited 18 months for the three-wheeled tour vehicles, called tuk tuks and used as taxis in As...

A Government senator has appealed to the public to talk to their doctors about vaccines after her cousin died of Covid-19. Lindsay Simmons said the recent death had left a family in mourning, including her cousin’s mother, siblings and three children...

The Senate has passed legislation which will allow more long-term residents of the island to obtain permanent residency. The amendments opened a route to residency for non-Bermudian divorced people and unmarried parents of Bermudian children who have...

Higher mandatory health insurance premiums were approved by the Upper House yesterday. Senators approved the Health Insurance Amendment Act introduced to the chamber by Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister. Marcus Jones, an Opposition senator,...

Bermuda’s environment got extra protection from imported pests after senators approved new legislation yesterday. The Invasive Alien Species Act was designed to combat the importation, breeding, sale and intentional cultivation of problem plants and...

Frontline professionals should be forced to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the Opposition said yesterday. Scott Pearman, the acting leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, said that the Government’s campaign was “not working” and appealed for to...

Olympic gold medal-winner Flora Duffy was praised by senators during a short session of the Upper House yesterday. Supporting a proclamation that a public holiday be held on October 18 in honour of the triathlete, Independent senator Michelle Simmons...