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The head of the independent Police Complaints Authority “seriously” considered “bailing” after the Government failed to hire a lawyer to represent the committee when it was sued by protesters. Chairman Jeffrey Elkinson told fellow authority members i...

Secrecy still surrounds the decision-making that led to a payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars from the public purse to 28 people who protested outside Parliament on December 2, 2016, and their lawyers. Five years on from the infamous clas...

The fifth anniversary of the December 2, 2016 parliamentary protest falls a week today – and The Royal Gazette will mark the occasion with in-depth coverage of the infamous event. That flashpoint in Bermuda’s history, when demonstrators blocked MPs f...

Legislation which will enable hundreds of people born to a parent from a British Overseas Territory to obtain British citizenship is being scrutinised by MPs in the UK Parliament. The Nationality and Borders Bill, tabled in July in the House of Commo...

The Human Rights Commission has been told to reconsider a decision to withhold records under public access to information laws. Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez ordered the independent body to issue a new decision by November 3 to The Roy...

The Ministry of Legal Affairs has been ordered to reveal whether a report on allegations of misconduct made against the head of the island's child protection agency existed. Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, insisted there was a publ...

An unlicensed debt collection company recovered almost $13 million in unpaid land tax for the Government – and is likely to be paid $1.9 million in return. Oarrs Inc collected the money after it was hired as a debt collection consultant by the Office...

A company owned by a Regulatory Authority board member has been paid almost $112,000 for IT services after the watchdog failed to put the work out to tender, The Royal Gazette can reveal. A public access to information notice on the Regulatory Author...

The Ministry of Finance has said it needs more time to respond to a request for records on a multimillion-dollar contract awarded to an unlicensed debt collection company. Oarrs Inc was awarded the contract to manage a claw back of almost $75 million...

The Government has launched an inquiry into how a private company which did not have a debt collection licence was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to recoup unpaid land tax. A government spokeswoman said last night that the Department of Consu...