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Older voters stand to present a decisive force in the upcoming contest for Devonshire North Central, according to the advocacy group Age Concern. Constituency 13 candidates from the governing One Bermuda Alliance and the Opposition have been invited ...

Key information about the Bermuda Government’s airport plans were shared with Curtis Stovell, the Accountant-General, only after his appearance at the Public Accounts Committee prompted the Ministry of Finance to do so. PAC chairman David Burt, the S...

Legislation amending the Royal Bermuda Regiment has been passed in the Senate. Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Foster-Brown, the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s commanding officer, observed the debate. While the Defence Act was supported by independent senators,...

Progressive Labour Party MP Zane DeSilva has firmly denied rumours he is intent on becoming the Leader of the Opposition. “I never put myself up for leadership — it’s not on my agenda to do so,” Mr DeSilva said when contacted by The Royal Gazette. He...

Bermudian candidates will have a better shot at occupying the post of Commissioner of Education than in previous years, according to Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education. He was addressing questions in the House of Assembly from the Opposition, aft...

The Bermuda Government has guaranteed the West End Development Corporation’s payment obligations in relation to a $39 million credit facility provided by Butterfield Bank. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly that the “un...

Legislation opening up the Island’s power generation sector to competition has been tabled in the House of Assembly. The Electricity Bill 2015 will also provide for a new regulatory framework to oversee the Island’s electricity production and distrib...

There have been 765 applications for Bermuda status since a Supreme Court ruling that opened the way for certain holders of Permanent Residents’ Certificates, the House of Assembly heard. To date, 215 have been approved, according to Sylvan Richards,...

The Bermuda Government has raised land taxes to avert a potential $19.1 million loss in revenues brought about by the latest annual rental value figures. The ARV has fallen due to the recession and the resultant unemployment and a drop in real estate...

Diallo Rabain, the Opposition Leader in the Senate, has been named as the Progressive Labour Party’s candidate in Devonshire North Central. The announcement was made at Alaska Hall yesterday by Marc Bean, who called him “a dedicated individual who al...