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pay increases were set to be delayed for up to two months. And that means the new deal is likely to be in place just before pay negotiations for the current year starts in October. Police Association chairman Sgt. Mike Jackman said: "I know people wi...

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...

Canada is to push the controversial appointment of barrister Saul Froomkin as the country's Honorary Consul -- even in the face of opposition from the Bermuda Government. Confirmation that Canada was sticking to its guns over the ex-Attorney General'...

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 ...