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The One Bermuda Alliance is hanging on to its narrow lead over the Progressive Labour Party, according to a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette. The OBA has a 38-36 lead over the PLP in the survey by Global Research this month, compared with the 3...

The former post office at Harrington Sound has been approved for sale at $700,000 by the House of Assembly. Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, told MPs on Friday that marketing of the 0.2-hectare site, with its 864-square foot main buildi...

Parliamentarians have approved the formation of a joint select committee to investigate the issue of establishing a living wage. Progressive Labour Party MP Rolfe Commissiong opened the debate on his motion at the House of Assembly last night, sparki...

Government compliance with financial instructions continues to improve, financial secretary Anthony Manders told the Public Accounts Committee yesterday. Mr Manders attended the afternoon meeting in Hamilton to explain the existing oversight procedur...

The defunct 9 Beaches resort at the West End was vacated by its would-be developer, IRC Sandys, on May 5, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works. A payment plan for monies owed is “ongoing” in the courts, Mr Cannonier said. A judg...

Civil marriages will be allowed to take place at any suitable venue in Bermuda, after a Bill passed at the House of Assembly. Until now, the Marriage Amendment Act restricted couples seeking a non-religious marriage to performing the ceremony at the...

Ewart Brown challenged police yesterday to charge him with a criminal offence or end years of “fruitless investigation”, claiming the recent “unjust and unwarranted arrest” of one of his staff members was really an attempt to discredit him. Flanked b...

A proposed solar power system in Dockyard for the America’s Cup would be left for the National Museum after the races finish, MPs heard this morning. The proposal comes from Low Carbon, a corporate sponsor of the Land Rover BAR UK Team. Grant Gibbons...

The Public Accounts Committee is to convene again, at a public hearing at 2.30pm tomorrow at St Paul African Methodist Church Centennial Hall. Financial secretary Anthony Manders has been invited to detail Ministry of Finance procedure for overseeing...