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Social justice and the health of Bermudians are two of the key priorities in Ianthia Simmons-Wade’s General Election campaign. Ms Simmons-Wade, appointed a government senator last December, is running in Warwick North East against the One Bermuda All...

David Burt has given himself responsibility for getting casinos up and running in Bermuda — and reiterated that only cashless gambling will be allowed in them. The Premier announced as part of a Cabinet reshuffle yesterday that “consistent with my re...

Parliamentarians who sit on a committee investigating how protesters came to be pepper sprayed by police in December 2016 have failed to explain why they have held all of their meetings in secret. The Joint Select Committee has held 40 meetings, none...

Children’s rights campaigners urged the Government yesterday not to push on with a proposed legal change that they claimed would erode the right of vulnerable youngsters to independent legal representation in court. Katie Richards, a family law exper...

The former social development minister rejected a claim yesterday that he was fired from Cabinet for his handling of an inquiry into allegations that children in care were mistreated. Sources claimed Michael Weeks was ousted because he insisted that ...

The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of confusion in a row over the representation of vulnerable children in court proceedings. The claim came after Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, announced she was to quit as a litigation guardian ...

A second inquiry has been launched into the island’s child protection agency in less than three months. The Government revealed yesterday that the Department of Internal Audit was conducting a review into the Department of Child and Family Services....

A key player in Bermuda’s Jetgate scandal has hit the headlines in New Jersey after he landed a top job with the state governor. Derrick Green, an adviser to the One Bermuda Alliance during the 2012 General Election campaign, is being paid $140,000 a...

The Governor is arranging for a senior UK police officer to conduct an independent review of the police response to the December 2 protest. John Rankin added that the officer would also make recommendations wherever improvements could be made, inclu...

Senator Jeff Baron has accused new Opposition leader David Burt of giving election “platitudes” which the public won’t buy in his Reply to the Throne Speech. The national security minister questioned how Mr Burt could say people of any sexual orienta...