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SUMMARY OFFENCES AMENDMENT ACT 2017

Mr Speaker, in December 2015 this honourable House passed the Tobacco Control Act 2015, which came into operation on…

Personal Information Protection Act 2016 – Implementation of Administrative Provisions

Mr. Speaker, you may recall that this honourable House passed the Personal Information Protection Act 2016, also known as the “…

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2016 and The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bermuda Government Incentives, Obligations, Grants and Awards

Mr. Speaker, as Honourable Members may be aware, Bermuda concluded another successful Global Entrepreneurship Week in November…

Solar PV Development at the L.F. Wade International Airport - The Request for Proposal

Mr. Speaker, following upon the statement I provided in July of last year, I am pleased to provide this Honourable…

Reciprocity of recognition of driving licences

Bermudians have been experiencing some difficulty in renting vehicles out of Boston’s Logan Airport using a Bermuda Driving Licence. The problem appeared to be limited to one car rental agency. As a result of this the Ministry of Tourism,…

Reciprocity of recognition of driving licences

Hon. Michael M. Fahy JP, Minister of Tourism, Transport and Municipalities

Bermudians have been experiencing some difficulty in renting vehicles out of Boston's Logan Airport using a Bermuda Driving Licence. The problem…

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) recommended for all boys and girls at age 11

In 2016, the Bermuda Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (BACIP) approved the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) vaccine for administration as part of the routine Childhood Immunization Schedule in Bermuda. The Department of Health is…

Statement from His Excellency the Governor, Mr John Rankin CMG

“I welcome yesterday’s statement by the Commissioner of Police sharing the Policing Plan for the upcoming sessions of the House of Assembly.  

In accordance with Bermuda’s democratic traditions it is important both that any protests…

Press Release from the Speaker of the House

The Speaker of the House, The Hon. K.H. Randolph Horton, JP, MP today issued the following statement, “Yesterday, I hosted discussions with the Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance The Hon. E. T. Richards, JP, MP and the Leader of the…

Research shows no significant amount of Illegal fishing in Bermuda’s 200-mile EEZ

The Ministry of the Environment has received a preliminary analysis of three years’ worth of Automatic Identification System (AIS) data that shows the probability of illegal fishing in our 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) appears to be low…