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Legislation likely to give police wider powers in line with England and Wales when dealing with marches and static protests is “being considered”, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Antoine Daniels, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, said the potential...

David Burt said yesterday that nothing could “erase the memory” of the December 2, 2016 clash outside Parliament and "what was done to peaceful protesters“. The Premier issued a statement to The Royal Gazette in response to questions for our coverage...

The Opposition last night claimed ‘there is a smoke screen preventing the people of Bermuda from the truth’ over the delay in the opening of a casino. One Bermuda Alliance leader Cole Simons also accused Mr Burt of a possible conflict of interest on ...

A doctor today claimed it was “a possibility” that politics was behind the Bermuda Health Council’s refusal to give him Standard Health Benefit status. JJ Soares also said he worried that the island was moving towards a system where the Government is...

The December 2, 2016 protest was not the first mass demonstration to take place during the One Bermuda Alliance’s term in office. A number of rallies were staged in the months before that day. On July 15, 2014, there was a massive march on Governmen...

The police commanders who led the December 2, 2016 operation to gain access to Parliament chose a tactic which they were told that morning could result in injuries to the public, including some seniors, and officers. An e-mail, released to The Royal ...

The head of the independent Police Complaints Authority “seriously” considered “bailing” after the Government failed to hire a lawyer to represent the committee when it was sued by protesters. Chairman Jeffrey Elkinson told fellow authority members i...

Secrecy still surrounds the decision-making that led to a payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars from the public purse to 28 people who protested outside Parliament on December 2, 2016, and their lawyers. Five years on from the infamous clas...

A new government administration keen to prove its ability to jump-start an economy left moribund after the recession of 2008 came to the public with a major infrastructure proposal in 2014. Communications staff for Bob Richards, the finance minister,...

The violence of December 2, 2016 is the sole reason the day’s protests endure in memory, according to a Progressive Labour Party MP. Christopher Famous was a PLP organiser when he joined demonstrators outside the House of Assembly on the morning that...