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The Government is still working towards a 2020 Throne Speech pledge to extend an international convention on disabilities to the island. Tinee Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the Mini...

There is a growing proportion of Bermudians now studying, working, visiting and retiring in Britain. Some estimates have the number between 3,000 and 4,000 persons. That would equate to roughly 7 per cent of our population. For those who have made th...

Bermuda is to take part in a virtual forum organised to promote good governance and strong oversight of public finances across the Overseas Territories. The event will involve key players from the UK and its Overseas Territories, including politician...

A murdered British MP has been honoured by the Premier at a wreath-laying ceremony at Westminster. David Burt, in London for a UK Overseas Territories summit, was joined at the remembrance event for Sir David Amess by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker o...

The need to tackle climate change was a priority in a group statement that closed the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meetings in the UK. The British government welcomed the territories’ desire to be covered by the Paris Agreement, de...

For the past few weeks, much of the world has focused on the northern part of Britain. To be precise, the world’s gaze was on a “wee town” in Scotland called Glasgow. Quite literally, the future of the planet as we know it depended on decisions made ...

Bermuda has become the first overseas territory to join a new maritime defence programme which protects against illegal fishing and other unlawful activities. The Blue Shield programme is a UK government initiative designed to provide comprehensiv...

The Deputy Premier represented Bermuda today at the opening of a Garden of Remembrance at the Palace of Westminster in London. Walter Roban spoke as the garden, created to honour those who gave their lives in times of war, was opened by the Speaker o...

The Constitution and parts of the island’s governance are in line to be updated in the new session of Parliament, it was announced in the Throne Speech yesterday. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, who delivered the speech on behalf of the Government, said t...

A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of British MP David Amess, the head of the British-Bermuda All-Party Parliamentary Group. Ali Harbi Ali has been charged with both the murder and preparation of terrorists acts in connection to last ...

Legislation which will enable hundreds of people born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory to obtain British citizenship is being scrutinised by MPs in the UK Parliament. The Nationality and Borders Bill, tabled in July in the House of Commo...

A talk about a “wealth tax” to help pay for the devastation caused by Covid-19 was one of the events attended by the Opposition leader at the UK Conservative Party conference this week. Cole Simons said it was important to examine how other countries...