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-- but I can't give any details at this point in time.' And Mr. Cox declined to confirm or deny whether the celebration was to be paid for out of taxpayers' money.'' -- The Royal Gazette, September 30, 1999 One week ago, Mr. Cox, the Finance Minist...

"When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become Ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful of those who manage them, and eventually, Incapable of determining their own destin...

Bermuda's new US Consul General will move into the luxury home of former Governor Sir Edwin Leather, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Larry Owen -- who arrived on the Island yesterday -- will spend his first few weeks in Bermuda in Paget's Chelston, the...

Kingston's poorest neighbourhoods, Junior Spence tells a tale he describes as incredible: one day he was arrested by police -- for smoking marijuana! "I could not believe it,'' said the 23-year-old, who months later remains befuddled over the arrest...

breaking his long political silence last week to criticise the Government's failure to separate the powers of the Attorney General and the still-vacant Director of Public Prosecutions position. Sir John was correct on the point that the Government, a...

A wall of silence around Government Senate Leader Milton Scott's shock call for the sacking of the three Independent Senators is being maintained. And Premier Jennifer Smith continued to decline to comment on Sen. Scott's call in the wake of veteran ...

Veteran attorney and former Senior Magistrate Richard Hector has stood firmly by his position on the Island's "desperate need'' for a modern court reporting system. Mr. Hector, who has been president of the Bermuda Bar Council since April, touched on...

which he released yesterday. Section 71A of the Constitution Order 1968 refers to the appointment and conditions of the appointment of the Director of Public Prosecutions whose conditions of independence are not subservient and whose function is to d...

to call on Governor Thorold Masefield to quickly appoint a politically independent Director of Public Prosecutions. Sir John also said he was deeply concerned by a decision by Government not to prosecute operators of gambling machines despite an opin...

An attack on the independence of non-party senators is an assault on democracy, Opposition leader Pamela Gordon said yesterday. Ms Gordon claimed: "What we have is a Government where this new Bermuda is not a democracy, but totalitarianism. "They're ...