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The UK Parliament is waiting for its colonies to set the tone before it gets its teeth into the White Paper rewrite of Britain's relations with the Overseas Territories, ex-Speaker Ernest DeCouto said yesterday. And Mr. DeCouto -- who met recently wi...

after a row with her landlord. And Dr. Price -- locked up in the Co-Ed Facility just days before she was due to leave Bermuda -- was only allowed to return home to Canada after Health Minister Nelson Bascome stepped in to help. It is understood a fur...

Britain's bid to rewrite relations with its colonies will be discussed by MPs today. And the debate on the British White Paper's offer of full citizenship for the Overseas Territories -- but with demands for better financial and human rights laws -- ...

Drug abuse at the Prison Farm has reached sky-high proportions, Prisons watchdogs warned yesterday. And they added that it seems "extremely difficult'' to keep drugs out of Westgate Correctional Facility. Now watchdogs are calling for the use of spec...

Safety Minister Paula Cox told MPs. Now rank-and-file officers will get special premiums phased in over three years -- not the four originally offered by Government. And a new long-service payment will be introduced, an offer not contained in the ori...

Construction work permits are being vetted by union bosses, it was revealed yesterday. And a stunned construction firm chief said he only found out about the new policy after an Immigration Department clerk forgot to put his call on hold when asking ...

slammed by Shadow Legislative Affairs spokesman John Barritt. He said the Opposition's views should have been sought -- and called for a new-style voting process for proposed elected Parish Councils instead of the old first-past-the-post system used ...

the new Parish Councils. But Health and Social Services Minister Nelson Bascome denied that black people had been singled out for favourable treatment -- but said the choices reflected who MPs or branches thought would be capable. And he pointed out ...

Premier Jennifer Smith yesterday announced that fiscal offences -- which would cover tax evasion -- will be added to the Proceeds of Crime Act. And Bermuda has also tightened up the wording of its tax agreement with the US, it was revealed yesterday....

The French have opened fire on dodgy offshore jurisdictions with a warning shot on financial standards. And French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn called for a boycott of tax havens if they fail to toe the line on financial regulation. Mr. St...