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Bermuda Regiment second-in-command Maj. David Gibbons is set to step up to the top spot when Lt. Col. Patrick Outerbridge stands down in November, The Royal Gazette can reveal. But it is understood that -- while the post has not been made part-time o...

New regulations to ensure racial breakdowns in businesses are against the law, a top lawyer claimed yesterday. And Tim Marshall predicted a legal challenge to the Commission for Unity and Racial Equality regulations could result in the new rules bein...

Perinchief said officers from the Caribbean country would not fit in with the Bermuda force. Jamaican Association president Winston Laylor said: "It is not my style, nor is it the style of many other Jamaicans residing in Bermuda, to adopt a bellicos...

Bermuda needs an army of new accountants to attack bungling in public spending and crack down on tax-dodging, independent Auditor Larry Dennis said yesterday. And he added that even Government-controlled bodies -- such as the Stonington Beach Hotel a...

Minister Grant Gibbons said yesterday. And he called on Cabinet to re-think tough new proposals on work permits and mandatory reporting of the racial make-up of workplaces in a bid to cut bureaucracy. Dr. Gibbons was speaking after exempted company c...

A decision to look to Jamaica for Police recruits to beef up Bermuda's thin blue line has sparked controversy. And ex-top cop and Government MP Wayne Perinchief said he would not support hiring officers from the Jamaican police -- who are armed at ho...

A multi-billion dollar offshore firm is set to pull out of Bermuda with the loss of up to 18 jobs amid controversy over tough new work permit rules. And chief executive William Williams said the move was a direct result of likely work permit restrict...

A massive 25 percent increase in spending for the Ministry of Finance nervecentre was yesterday blasted by Shadow Finance Minister Grant Gibbons . And he said -- when Finance Minister Eugene Cox had called for across-the-board cuts of five percent in...

A charm offensive by the Immigration Department is set to be launched, it was revealed yesterday. Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Paula Cox admitted that many Bermudians saw the department as biased in favour of overseas workers. She said: "P...

The $2.2 million cost of the Premier's personal office was yesterday blasted by Opposition leader Pamela Gordon . And the cost of travel last year -- a massive $602,000 compared to the original estimate of $313,000 -- as well as entertainment came un...