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The island’s three banks have told the Government they “won’t bank casinos”, according to the chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission. Alan Dunch told a gathering of business leaders yesterday that the island’s fledgeling casino industry may...

Information commissioner Gita Gutierrez has issued her first order compelling a senior civil servant to release a public access to information decision. Ms Gutierrez filed the order at the Supreme Court against the permanent secretary at the Ministry...

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...

Attorney-General Trevor Moniz insisted yesterday he was unable to tell the public about the release from prison of paedophile John Malcolm “Chalkie” White because a written policy on how to do so had yet to be drawn up — but a backbencher from his ow...

Police are to begin recording instances of hate crimes perpetrated against members of the island’s LGBT community, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police Service’s quarterly and annual crime statistics do not include information about crime...

Environmental health officials have refused to reveal the health and safety “grades” given to every restaurant in Bermuda. The information was requested by The Royal Gazette under the Public Access to Information Act but the Department of Health’s in...

A children’s charity is urging MPs to focus on a raft of initiatives to tackle the root causes of gang violence and improve the lives of the island’s youngest. The Coalition for the Protection of Children yesterday released a 38-point plan, which inc...

Opponents of same-sex marriage have been “blacklisted” by businesses and fear repercussions from the LGBT community for their views, a court heard yesterday. Delroy Duncan, lawyer for Preserve Marriage, made the claim in the Supreme Court, as he argu...

Fredricka Jabbar’s family set out 400 chairs for those attending a celebration of her life — but it wasn’t enough, not by a long way. Nor did her closest relatives print nearly enough of their unusual programme for her memorial service, a glossy 16-p...

Carl Paiva has been a lifelong fan of Broadway musicals — but he never dreamt he would one day be living in New York and attempting to stage one himself. The widower and retired travel agent embarked on an entirely new career as a theatre producer in...