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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has told MPs how she was “beaten for breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea” by her ex-husband. The Minister of Community, Culture and Sport spoke of her experiences as a young woman during a debate on setting up a joint select com...

The chairman of the Commission of Inquiry could be paid $700 per day in addition to expenses, Michael Dunkley told the House of Assembly. Meanwhile, the three other members investigating how taxpayers’ money was handled under the former Progressive L...

Parliament protester Enda Matthie, who is on a “hunger strike” outside Sessions House to draw legislators’ attention to the plight of ordinary Bermudians, was joined overnight and yesterday by supporters. Ms Matthie, who told The Royal Gazette she h...

A question about public access to information in Bermuda has been raised in the United Kingdom Parliament. Catherine West, Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, asked James Duddridge, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealt...

A recalled statement by the People’s Campaign urged the public to join an “island-wide withdrawal of labour” tomorrow to protest against immigration reforms. At 1.59pm yesterday, the pressure group sent the media the press release, announced “in soli...

The Ministry of Public Works is set to increase its revenue this year by selling government-owned buildings, according to minister Craig Cannonier. During the budget debate yesterday, Mr Cannonier noted that a 30 per cent increase in revenue is expec...

A petition in support of the Bermuda Government’s Pathways to Status plan had gathered almost 2,900 signatures by late yesterday — and its creator said she was “not afraid” to keep campaigning to get the legislation passed. Jen Harvey told The Royal ...

The Human Rights Commission has been charged with adopting a narrowing focus on same-sex marriage, during a parliamentary debate on its budget. Marc Bean, the leader of the Opposition, recalled the Bermuda Government’s assurances in the 2013 debate o...

The Progressive Labour Party has queried how the island’s newly registered voters went up 50 per cent more in this fiscal year than the forecast figure — with a target of 2,000 new voters for 2016-17. Marc Bean, the Opposition Leader, declared himsel...

The House of Assembly last night approved an increase in payroll tax despite vocal opposition. While Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, said the move was a temporary but necessary measure, shadow minister David Burt said it would place an additio...