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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...

A lack of regulation for betting shops could raise red flags when the island’s anti-money laundering measures are investigated by overseas experts next year. Correspondence shared with The Royal Gazette reveals that warnings about the absence of con...

Roadside breath tests will be introduced this year. David Burt, the Premier, said at the House of Assembly on Friday that his party was committed to keeping its Throne Speech promise to introduce roadside sobriety tests. Those remarks came in respon...

Jeffrey Baron, the Shadow Minister of National Security, has urged the Government to take a targeted approach to gang violence. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Baron said that the solution entailed “community engagement” and “focused ...

David Burt called for a “chorus of unity” in the wake of the Paradise Papers yesterday. The Premier told MPs that he was confident Bermuda’s reputation would survive the recent revelations contained in the hacked documents. He said: “The reports of B...

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...

Legislation will soon tackle unfair debt collection, home affairs minister Walton Brown told MPs yesterday. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act under development will cover cases such as credit card bills, auto and personal loans, mortgages and me...

Derrick Burgess yesterday insisted that there were no wrongdoings by the board, chair or deputy chair of the Bermuda Land Development Company when he was public works minister. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly said an Auditor-General’s re...

A brief session is expected for today’s House of Assembly, with legislators to debate the Contributory Pensions Order. The island’s recent turmoil in the wake of the “Paradise Papers” of leaked electronic files will be addressed by David Burt, the Pr...

Proposed legislation to replace same-sex marriage with “domestic partnerships” is a compromise deal, the Minister of Home Affairs admitted last night. Walton Brown said the Domestic Partnership Bill would grant a “raft of legal benefits for same-sex ...