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Let's summarise the viewpoints of our dear senators and explore their arguments. The below quotes have been attributed to the senators by The Royal Gazette. Joan Dillas-Wright (President of the Senate): “I have a major concern about our youn...

Dear Sir, I have serious concerns about the statements made by two government ministers and a government member of the Senate. The article on Page 1 of The Royal Gazette on March 5, 2021 highlights comments purported to have been made by Kathy Lynn S...

The Progressive Labour Party discovered this week that even a landslide General Election victory does not give a government a blank cheque to do whatever it wants. While the PLP was quick to frame the defeat of the Cannabis Licensing Act in the Senat...

Government will “press on” with plans for legal cannabis cultivation despite a defeat in the Senate earlier this week. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney General, took aim at independent members of the Upper House and referred to them as “the senators ...

A controversial law to legalise cannabis will be sent back to the House of Assembly after Senators voted against the bill yesterday afternoon. The Cannabis Licensing Act, which sets out a regulatory framework for growing, selling, and using the drug,...

Government’s lack of consultation with medical professionals and the “woeful inadequacy” of drug prevention programmes were just some of the reasons Opposition and Independent senators gave for rejecting Government’s bid to legalise cannabis yesterda...

The Government’s unsuccessful venture to bring a regulated cannabis industry to Bermuda was backed by Progressive Labour Party senators but defied by the independent and Opposition members. A selection of quotes follows. Joan Dillas-Wright, Senat...

One Bermuda Alliance senators will vote against legislation to licence cannabis production at today’s session of the Upper House, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Ben Smith, the Opposition senate leader, said the Government Bill did not set out what it...

The Government is to boost performance artists hit by Covid-19 restrictions with a string of free open-air concerts, senators were told today. Ernest Peets, the youth culture and sport minister, said a lunchtime Creatives Live! concert series from th...

A range of changes to legislation designed to create a cannabis industry was yesterday put forward by social justice campaigners. Social Justice Bermuda wrote to senators as they prepared to debate the Cannabis Licensing Act today. The group said it ...

The Senate’s independents could hold the balance of power in a vote next week on a controversial Bill to create a legal framework senators in the Upper House for a cannabis industry. There are five Progressive Labour Party senators and three Oppositi...

An Opposition senator is facing renewed pressure to resign after publicly supporting former US President Donald Trump. Senator Marcus Jones claimed he was a “staunch” supporter of Mr Trump in a Facebook post last month, adding that he would pray for ...