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The deputy Opposition leader yesterday said proposed changes to gaming legislation would “pierce the heart” of Bermuda’s future as a gambling centre. Leah Scott added that the amendments, expected to be debated in the House of Assembly next month, co...

Critics at home and overseas continued yesterday to pour scorn over a plan to bring the island’s casino regulatory body under ministerial control. The Casino Gaming Amendment Act 2017, expected to be debated and approved in Parliament early next mont...

David Burt laughed off questions today about the Progressive Labour Party’s intentions to take Bermuda to independence. Members have publicly stated the Premier raised the subject at the party’s banquet at the Fairmont Southampton last Saturday night...

The Government will not withdraw its controversial plan to bring the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control, tourism minister Jamahl Simmons said yesterday. Mr Simmons, moments after Cheryl-Ann Mapp was announced as the new commis...

A plan to bring the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control has been described as “flying in the face” of best practice and a “recipe for disaster” by overseas experts. Industry insiders in the United States, including one who help...

Plans to give politicians power over Bermuda’s casino industry have come under fire from a leading international publication on gaming. An opinion piece in GGB News warned giving MPs control over the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission would open the do...

Alan Dunch has branded new legislation giving politicians power over casinos as a “potentially sad and seriously backward” move against efforts to keep corruption out of gaming. The chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission warned that it woul...

Tourism minister Jamahl Simmons tabled legislation yesterday to give himself the power to sack Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission chairman Alan Dunch. The move came after Mr Dunch questioned the intentions of MM&I Holdings, the firm involved in a contr...

A motorcyclist who died after his bike hit a truck on Thursday night was being pursued by police at the time of the incident. Mendell Outerbridge was killed when he crashed into the vehicle on Middle Road, in Sandys, at 9.50pm. A police statement rev...

A motorcyclist who died after colliding with a truck on Thursday night was being pursued by police. Mendell Outerbridge was killed when he crashed into the vehicle on Middle Road in Sandys at 9.50pm. Police revealed this afternoon that the 34-year-ol...