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The president of Bermuda Bar Association said yesterday that ensuring clients complied with tax obligations in their home countries was “probably not a matter” for the island’s corporate lawyers. In the wake of the massive Panama Papers data leak, Ri...

Finance minister Bob Richards insisted yesterday that Britain could not “unilaterally tear up Bermuda’s constitution” and impose direct rule on the island to make it obey UK tax law. He told The Royal Gazette that a suggestion from British Labour Par...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has disclosed $13 million in external contracts under public access to information legislation. The deals include $3.6 million on sales, marketing and advertising and $589,000 on public relations, as well as $3.5 million...

Shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott has been suspended from his job as supervisor at JetBlue Airways. It is understood he was placed on leave by the company while it carries out an investigation into allegations about his conduct. Mr Scott, 36, ...

Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez has called for the Bermuda Government to reduce the six-week time frame public authorities have to reach a decision on freedom of information requests. “International best practice is for a decision on ac...

Bermuda’s voters remain evenly split on the issue of whether same-sex marriage should be legalised, according to a survey commissioned by The Royal Gazette. Respondents were asked in a telephone poll this month if same-sex marriage should be legalise...

Preserve Marriage, a pressure group opposed to same-sex couples being allowed to wed in Bermuda, has applied to become a charity. A Ministry of Home Affairs spokeswoman confirmed the application on Thursday, telling The Royal Gazette: “That applicati...

A more in-depth glimpse of how Bermuda’s new $250 million airport could look should be available within the next few weeks, according to the firm spearheading the redevelopment. Canadian construction giant Aecon said architects had started work on th...

The Bermuda Government should not proceed with the new $250 million airport deal it has struck with the Canadian Commercial Corporation, according to more than half of the island’s voters. A survey commissioned by The Royal Gazette asked respondents ...

Former Cabinet minister Shawn Crockwell has scotched a rumour that he resigned after hearing Senator Michael Fahy make racist remarks to Michael Dunkley, the Premier, in a bathroom. Mr Crockwell told The Royal Gazette: “There is no truth to it whatso...