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Financial guarantees given by the Government to private firms pose a “significant risk” and should virtually never be issued, an independent group of international economic experts has warned. The annual study by the Fiscal Responsibility Panel, who...

Cole Simons has insisted that he does not feel threatened by the deputy leader of One Bermuda Alliance, Jarion Richardson, but admits he may have “deficiencies” as head of the party. Asked about comments from Mr Richardson that he could do some thing...

Bermuda was “bent out of shape” by the shut down of Parliament caused by the failure of the needed number of MPs to show up last week, Dennis Lister, House of Assembly Speaker, said. The Speaker expressed “disappointment” at the situation as he agai...

The abrupt shutdown of Parliament due to a lack of MPs in attendance last week has exposed a clash of tactics within the One Bermuda Alliance. Cole Simons, the party leader, said it would have been better if all three available OBA MPs were in the Ho...

A new chief executive of the Bermuda Gaming Commission has been announced. Charmaine Smith, a Bermudian, takes over the role from Canadian Jean Major. Mrs Smith, who was chief regulatory officer with the commission, said: “We have an excellent team o...

The newly appointed Government whip has claimed the farcical ending to the House of Assembly on Friday was due to a “PR stunt” by One Bermuda Alliance. However the Opposition hit back, insisting the “arrogant” Government was not present in “grown-up ...

Bermuda suffers a “democratic deficiency” under the current constitutional set up, a new study into self-governance states. The report, commissioned by the Government at a cost of $50,000, finds that the UK is not doing enough to work with the island...

A meeting of the House of Assembly ended in farce on Friday as not enough MPs returned to the chamber after lunch for the legislative session to continue. Dennis Lister, the Speaker, made repeated appeals for MPs to resume their seats so that the ba...

People worried about a proposed medical waste facility in St David’s confronted the chief executive of the Bermuda Land Development Company over their concerns at a public meeting last night. Andrew Dias took questions at a protest gathering where s...

Bermuda could be more “forceful” in its stand-off with Britain over the legalisation of cannabis as the international enforcement of current laws is “tainted by racism”, a leading academic has stated. Professor William Bogart, who has written extens...