BITT founder to advise Bermuda government on digital currency
HAMILTON - The founder of the Barbados-based financial technology firm Bitt will be a digital currency consultant and adviser to the Bermuda government. Premier and Minister of Finance David Burt made the announcement More...
Law reversing gay marriage rights in Bermuda faces first legal challenge
HAMILTON - A gay Bermudian living in the United States is going to court to challenge the recently passed law that prevents gay marriage, in the hopes that he will be able to tie the knot in his homeland one day. Rod More...
It’s officially back to no same-sex marriages in Bermuda
HAMILTON - Bermuda has reversed marriage equality, with Governor John Rankin finally approving the Domestic Partnership Act 2017 that replaces same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships that can be entered into More...
UK stalling on Bermuda same-sex marriage u-turn
HAMILTON - The governor of Bermuda, John Rankin, has still not signed a bill from the territory’s Senate that overturned the islands’ previous and short-lived same-sex marriage legislation, replacing it with More...
Bermuda Parliament says no to same-sex marriage, yes to cannabis
HAMILTON - The victory for same-sex couples in Bermuda who earlier won the right to get married in the British Overseas Territory has been overturned. Parliament has passed the Domestic Partnership Act 2017, which More...
New Bermuda premier sworn in
HAMILTON - New premier of Bermuda, David Burt, was sworn into office on Wednesday following his Progressive Labour Party (PLP) victory at the polls on Tuesday. The PLP were voted into office in a resounding victory, More...
Bermuda divided on same-sex marriage
A group called preserve marriage is pressuring the government to appeal a Supreme Court decision that legalizes same-sex marriage. HAMILTON – Loud chants of “one woman, one man, we need to take stand” rang More...
Bermuda opposition to put government to the test in no-confidence motion
Opposition leader David Burt (left) is ready to square off against the ruling one Bermuda alliance led by Premier Michael Dunkley (right). HAMILTON – A no-confidence motion against Premier Michael Dunkley will More...
Bermuda’s former Premier hit by more corruption allegations
Former Premier Ewart Brown (right) has been dogged by several allegations of wrongdoing. (Photo credit: Bernews) HAMILTON – Fresh challenges are looming for former Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown who has been dogged More...
Gay couple in Bermuda takes fight to marry to the courts
HAMILTON – The battle lines are drawn in Bermuda as a gay couple mounts a fight in the law courts to tie the knot in the British Overseas Territory. Bermudian Winston Godwin and Canadian Greg De Roche insist they More...
