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A $32 million bid to get international business to finance low-cost housing could lead to the law being broken, Shadow Finance Minister Grant Gibbons warned yesterday. And he called on Government to come clean on details of the bid to win finance thr...

Tough new rules to cut down on dog attacks are in the pipeline, Environment Minister Arthur Hodgson said yesterday. And stricter controls and whopping fines are all part of a bill designed to better control dogs. Mr. Hodgson said: "Since we've been i...

statistics. And that means an average increase per year of around 380 people since the last census was carried out nine years ago, taking the number of people on the Island up to about 62,656. The male/female breakdown is still in favour of women -- ...

Government has spent nearly $90,000 on "propaganda'', a Shadow Minister claimed yesterday. And he said the cash could have been better spent on social problems like affordable housing or renovating seniors' rest homes. Shadow Development and Opportun...

revealed yesterday. A whistle-stop tour of five US west coast cities to promote Bermuda cost more than $216,600 alone. A trip to help drum up business for the new TWA flight from St. Louis, Missouri, and the extra Delta service from Atlanta ran up a ...

Controversial new work permit policies are not set in stone, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox promised yesterday. She said consultation with business representatives and other groups was not just a formality. But Ms Cox noted she was...

Bermuda would be likely to reject new options for more self-determination short of Independence, Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb said yesterday. And she said any changes -- like "free association'' or the UN's "Fourth Option'', both more hands...

The House of Assembly gets back to business today with a new bid to keep close tabs on sex offenders and violent criminals who have completed their jail sentences. Opposition leader Pamela Gordon may be in hot water after a clash with Speaker Stanley...

The new Commanding Officer of Bermuda's part-time army is set to take over next month, The Royal Gazette has learned. Major David Gibbons will assume command of the Bermuda Regiment at a special hand-over ceremony in June -- five months ahead of sche...

A major conference on green power is set to generate new ideas for clean sources of energy for Bermuda. International and Bermudian delegates will examine ways to harness non-polluting power on the Island, including wind and solar power. Environment ...