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A gay rights organisation in the United States is urging Bermuda’s Governor to reject legislation which will replace same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships. The Human Rights Campaign, which calls itself America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual,...

Bermuda will make its beneficial ownership register public when all members of the G20 are required to do so, Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons said yesterday. She told the Senate the island would “certainly comply” at that point and would, in the ...

Former Progressive Labour Party senator Kim Wilkerson has criticised a Bill aimed at replacing same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships as a “step back for human rights”. Ms Wilkerson, who was instrumental last year in blocking legislation design...

Legislation to enable the creation of a central land title registry and make it easier to access information on property ownership was passed in the Senate today. Government senator Jason Hayward said of the Land Title Registration Amendment Act 2017...

The deputy chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission is expected to resign today. Sources told The Royal Gazette that Garry Madeiros was set to step down at the end of a meeting at the regulatory body’s office this afternoon. The meeting is th...

A repeat drug offender caught with cannabis and cocaine near to a children’s nursery avoided prison yesterday, after asking a magistrate for “mercy”. Tamiko Wainwright, 41, of King Street, Pembroke, was instead fined $4,350 after pleading guilty in M...

A Washington lobbying firm run by president Barack Obama’s former senior political strategist has landed a $20,000-a-month consulting contract with the Government of Bermuda. TheGroup, which describes itself as an independent strategy, policy and com...

A motorist who admitted driving at 72km/h received a fine at Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Arian Franks, 29, also pleaded guilty to riding an unlicensed motorcycle and having no insurance, on a separate date. Franks, whose address was not given, got ...

A 21-year-old motorcyclist who led police officers on a 5am chase told them he was “just going home” when he was caught. Lezano Hewey Darrell pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and speeding at Magistrates’ Court yesterday, where he received an 18-mo...

Restaurant-goers in Bermuda can now check hygiene and food safety standards at their favourite eating-out spots after health watchdogs decided to go public with results of health inspections at food service outlets. The “grades on licences” scheme wa...