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The One Bermuda Alliance Senate leader tipped as the party’s rising star has quit to pursue new opportunities abroad, it was revealed yesterday. Nick Kempe, who is also shadow finance minister, will stand down and move to Spain. Mr Kempe said: “As a ...

Many seniors have fears about their financial security, Bermuda’s newest senator said yesterday. Ianthia Simmons-Wade explained that older island residents were worried that they may not be able to live off their savings and pensions with a rising c...

The Attorney-General and legal affairs minister tabled yesterday legislation to legalise medical cannabis and regulations to govern licences for growers and importers, Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate the Bill and regulations — which include the se...

The new senator for the Progressive Labour Party warned yesterday that care of the island’s growing seniors population will take “more than just money”. Ianthia Simmons-Wade, a veteran healthcare worker and widow of former PLP leader Frederick Wade, ...

Legislation to require non-Bermudians be enrolled in a pension scheme was approved in the Senate on Wednesday. The National Pension Scheme (Operational Pensions) Amendment Act will also allow seniors to withdraw up to 25 per cent of their pension sav...

Senators are expected to debate changes to the national pension scheme today to require expatriate workers to be enrolled. But the Government will be short a senator in the wake of the election of Jason Hayward to the House of Assembly. A PLP spokesw...

Three law pupils are expected to join the Ministry of Legal Affairs next year, the Attorney-General told the Senate yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons, who is Minister of Legal Affairs, said the return of the ministry’s pupillage programme had already pro...

A would-be MP was engulfed in a storm of controversy after a clip from a satire show, where he played down the use of pepper spray during a protest, resurfaced yesterday. Dwayne Robinson, a One Bermuda Alliance senator is due to go head-to-head with ...

Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz has accused the Government of “sleazy” and “Trumpian” behaviour for spending public funds on a flyer touting its own achievements. Taxpayers forked out more than $5,000 for the four-page pamphlet, according to a pr...

An independent Law Reform Commission has been set up — ten years after legislation paved the way for its introduction. Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said this week that in 2009 it became “unarguably clear tha...

The creation of a minimum wage for Bermuda took a step closer on Monday as legislation to set up a group that will consider pay rates was passed by senators. A six-strong Wage Commission will recommend a minimum hourly wage and a living wage as part ...

The high cost of living has driven people away from Bermuda, an Opposition senator reiterated yesterday. Dwayne Robinson claimed the expense of life on the island had contributed more to the population drain than the threat of gang violence. He added...