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MPs clashed in the House of Assembly over the hiring of a defence lawyer to run the Government’s Legal Aid office. Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz questioned whether Charles Richardson — who he described as one of the island’s “leading and very g...

The Government has cut funding for a controversial programme which sends vulnerable Bermudian children to overseas institutions. The Department of Child and Family Services will get almost $1.6 million to spend on its psychoeducational programme in t...

The Bermuda Government is to sell off 60 vehicles, including a BMW 750li luxury sedan. Only two vehicles of that model are part of the government fleet — used by the Premier and the Governor as their official cars. The Ministry of Public Works has in...

The Information Commissioner has upheld a decision by the police not to release records on the sale of foreign lottery tickets at a betting shop because there was “minimal” public interest. Gitanjali Gutierrez said: “There is no evidence that the saf...

A 14-year-old girl in the care of the island’s child protection agency who went missing for the fourth time in less than two months has been traced, police said tonight. Police appealed again yesterday for the public’s help to find the girl less than...

The Bermuda Police Service failed to conduct a “reasonable search” for records they hold about the 2016 demonstration outside Parliament, which led to protesters being pepper-sprayed by officers, according to Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutier...

The Human Rights Commission withdrew from a legal bid to ensure children’s rights to be represented in court were upheld, without explaining why. The commission, an independent statutory body charged with promoting and protecting human rights in Berm...

A water-quality testing programme has started at the island’s most popular beaches. Environmental health officers started the annual check programme last month. A Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Testing started on April 1 and monthly updates ...

Shadow education minister Cole Simons asked last night that parents be told what “options” the Government is considering to tackle dwindling numbers of students entering the public school system. The Ministry of Education said on Tuesday it had delay...

The information commissioner has asked the Cabinet Office minister to give civil servants guidelines on how to deal with public access to information requests and the proper management of public records. Gitanjali Gutierrez said in her office’s 2018 ...