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Former minister Quinton Edness is calling on the Cabinet to launch an immediate investigation into the most recent findings of the Auditor-General. Mr Edness said scrutiny of the “litany of non-compliance with financial instructions (FIs) and related...

Civil servants wasted $2.6 million of public funds by making duplicate payments, according to the Auditor-General’s latest report. The transactions included a payment of $807,000 in 2012 to Sandys 360, the West End sports facility that closed its doo...

A hotel may find itself in hot water over its decision to axe two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent, according to one of the Island’s leading human rights lawyers. Tim Marshall, of Marshall Diel & Myers, told The Royal Gazette he believed Hamilto...

Hamilton Princess, Bermuda was both applauded and criticised yesterday for pulling the plug on two talks by a prominent same-sex marriage opponent. Ryan Anderson, a member of the conservative American think-tank the Heritage Foundation, was to speak ...

Government MP Mark Pettingill claimed yesterday that David Burt should “probably” resign as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee or at least remove himself from any hearings about the latest Auditor-General’s report. Mr Pettingill said Mr Burt’s...

The Bermuda Government remains reluctant to penalise senior civil servants who break financial rules, according to Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews. Mrs Matthews answered with an emphatic e-mailed “Yes!” when asked by The Royal Gazette yesterd...

A twice-weekly playgroup for infants and toddlers is being hailed a “huge success” by organisers. The Wednesday and Friday morning sessions for children up to the age of 4 allow them to socialise, play and take part in physical activities designed to...

Public officials violated the rules on the spending of taxpayers’ money so often that it became the “norm for which there are no consequences”, according to the latest report from Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews. The Island’s independent fisc...

Hospital authorities are being urged to let fathers stay overnight with their partners on KEMH’s maternity ward before and after their babies are born. A new pilot programme lets dads and other partners stay to give support to mothers after their new...

A new pilot scheme allowing fathers to stay overnight at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after their babies are born will benefit only those who can afford or are allotted a private room. Guidelines were quietly rolled out last month which allow ne...