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Oversight of Bermuda’s casino gambling industry has been handed to the finance minister as part of the Cabinet reshuffle. Curtis Dickinson took responsibility for the sector, which previously came under the tourism ministry. The newly appointed Minis...

Charities and other community workers had hoped the Government would outline a “more strategic focus” in its Throne Speech. Martha Dismont, the Family Centre executive director, welcomed initiatives to help Bermudians struggling financially but said ...

A plan to make it easier for people to stay on at work after their 65th birthday was welcomed yesterday. Age Concern Bermuda said the move was “in the right direction” as the island grappled with an ageing population. But the charity said it wanted m...

A top business leader backed the Government’s Throne Speech bid to help people who struggled with Bermuda’s high cost of living. John Wight, the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce president, said the speech was right to focus on people caught in the gap bet...

Proposed rules to crack down on loan sharks are understood to have been revised after public consultation. The Debt Collection Act 2018 will be tabled in Parliament today after an initial draft was reworked to tackle concerns raised by lawyers, busin...

A Cabinet shake-up will increase the ministerial salary bill by nearly 20 per cent. The new total is $1,338,964, an increase of $221,851 on the $1,117,113 bill before last week’s Cabinet reshuffle. It is also a significant spike compared with the las...

An Opposition party member broke ranks yesterday over the appointment of senators after the announcement of an all-male line-up. Marcus Jones, a former Progressive Labour Party election candidate, and Dwayne Robinson will join Nick Kempe in the One B...

The Progressive Labour Party has “high morale”, its outgoing chairman said yesterday. Owen Darrell told The Royal Gazette: “I feel that under the leadership of David Burt, the party is doing positive things, especially for Bermudians. “We are working...

All three Opposition senators will be replaced before Parliament reconvenes next month. Robyn Swan, Nandi Outerbridge and Justin Mathias have been told their appointments in the Upper House have ended. A new One Bermuda Alliance line-up will take th...

Two senior members of the One Bermuda Alliance have been suspended after an alleged incident at the party’s headquarters, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Sources said Tarik Smith, a deputy chairman, and Robyn Swan, the caucus chairwoman who was also ap...