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David Burt, the Premier, must give a full statement to Parliament explaining why he appointed disgraced Senator Curtis Richardson to the Upper House despite being warned of his mounting rent arrears to a frail elderly woman, the Opposition insisted. ...

Laws to protect personal information are expected to come into force this year, lawyers said. The legislation – passed by Parliament in 2016 – was designed to uphold rights related to personal information held by all businesses, organisations, charit...

The Information Commissioner does not have the right to examine all records held by public authorities, a judge has declared. Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams issued her ruling – the first in Bermuda to consider the extent of the Information Commis...

The family of an elderly woman owed $19,000 in rent by disgraced senator Curtis Richardson demanded an explanation from the Premier yesterday on why he ignored their warnings about the debt and appointed him to the Upper House. Ms Harvey’s daughter, ...

A controversial senator and junior minister quit last night in the face of mounting criticism after it was revealed he owed an elderly woman $19,000 in unpaid rent. Curtis Richardson will resign his seat in the Upper House and position as junior nati...

The government should update details on spending habits so it can better calculate the rate of inflation, a top economist has said. Craig Simmons said that a consumer spending survey had not been conducted since 2013 – and that shopping habits had ch...

A controversial senator tonight quit the Upper House after a court case over $19,000 unpaid rent to an elderly woman. Curtis Richardson resigned after a growing storm of criticism of his position after his former landlady Margaret Harvey gave evidenc...

The Premier was made aware of concerns over a senator’s rent arrears by a senior Civil Servant before he appointed him to the Upper House and made him a junior minister, The Royal Gazette can reveal. E-mails between the Harvey family and Marc Telema...

A Cabinet minister who has been off the job since last September is expected to return to the job, the Premier said. David Burt did not give a date for the return of Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, but signalled that the mi...

The Progressive Labour Party yesterday congratulated the Barbados Labour Party for its second “clean sweep” victory in a row in this week’s General Election. The party singled out Mia Mottley, the country’s Prime Minister and the BLP leader, for help...