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More than $158,800 has been notched up by Government Ministers on trips overseas in the first six months of the current financial year, it was revealed yesterday. And the news means Government has already exceeded the annual Cabinet Office travel bud...

The rules of the political game should be rewritten to allow more open Government, Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon said yesterday. And Ms Gordon said Ministers should be more accountable to the House of Assembly -- with questions allowed after offici...

in Britain will not be passed for more than a year, it was revealed yesterday. And the UK has cleared up confusion over the offer of full UK citizenship with a promise to give a blanket grant -- with the option to opt out if wanted. Premier Jennifer ...

A vow by Education Minister Milton Scott to rewrite a policy appearing to ban Opposition MPs from state schools is a U-turn, a Shadow Minister claimed yesterday. United Bermuda Party Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith said: "The policy was a bit sca...

conflicts of interest in the awarding of contracts. And they denied that anything underhand had happened when firms they were connected to won deals to supply Government. Ex-Education Minister Tim Smith -- who was singled out by Telecommunications Mi...

A policy document said to be a Government ban on Opposition MPs in schools will be rewritten, Education Minister Milton Scott promised last night. Sen. Scott said: "I will be further elaborating on this -- I like principals to have autonomy in their ...

ERROR RG P4 13.11.1999 The October 30 edition of The Royal Gazette erroneously reported in the front page article "Hanging to be abolished'' that Governor Thorold Masefield said the Criminal Code would be amended to affirm Britain's commitment to in...

The people of Bermuda will expect reasons for the Progressive Labour Party's slow pace in its first year in power from tomorrow's Throne Speech, Acting Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons warned yesterday. Dr. Gibbons said: "What we expect to see is a ju...

The Progressive Labour Party faces a make-or-break Throne Speech with voters demanding the party deliver on pre-election promises, a party activist warns. The call came yesterday after Premier Jennifer Smith signalled more teeth to this year's Throne...

Progressive Labour Party members have attempted to peddle influence on the coat-tails of the 1998 General Election victory, Premier Jennifer Smith said last night. And she admitted that the new Government had bitten off more than it could chew in pla...