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Bermuda has much to gain if the Government can secure an air service out of Heathrow airport, said Tourism Development and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell, who attends a major airline conference next month in South Africa. “I have been assured tha...

News that the Bermuda Government would foot the bill for a defamation action taken by Bob Richards has been greeted with raised eyebrows by Progressive Labour Party MP Derrick Burgess. Mr Richards, the Minister of Finance, told Parliament yesterday t...

A number of small-scale construction projects have been freed up from Planning regulations in an effort to boost the industry. The changes were part of an overall review of Planning application processing, aimed at speeding up construction, according...

A hike in Bermuda’s departure fees for air travellers has been approved by the Senate over Opposition misgivings. It came as Finance Minister Bob Richards told The Royal Gazette that a “go or no-go decision” would be made in the coming weeks on the d...

Ground penetrating radar, rather than the “invasive” method of drilling into rock, could be used under revised plans to develop Tucker’s Point. The 2011 Special Development Order for the property was amended by the Senate to permit other measures for...

A Progressive Labour Party motion of censure against Speaker of the House Randy Horton has been defeated along party lines by 17 votes to 15. The vote came at 1am. The debate laid bare long-simmering divisions of Parliament, including charges of favo...

Customers may get lower electricity bills as the Bermuda Government warned Belco it could face healthy competition from alternative power suppliers. Under a draft Electricity Bill tabled in Parliament, Belco will retain control of the grid — but Gran...

The House of Assembly is to be urged to call upon Governor George Fergusson to immediately issue a commission to investigate “serious allegations” made against sitting ministers of the government. In the same motion, the Opposition will call for the ...

The disused runway at LF Wade International Airport known colloquially as the finger is to be made into public land under a draft order that has gone before Parliament. Tourism and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell said the area had been identified ...

Senators expressed surprise that the One Bermuda Alliance brought its legal reform bills before the Upper House today. Among them was Progressive Labour Party senator Marc Daniels, who had been tipped to lead the debate on behalf of the Opposition. S...