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Knocking down the dilapidated but historic Victoria Row homes has cost $331,400, with asbestos abatement included, public works minister Craig Cannonier told the House of Assembly this morning. While in Government, the Progressive Labour Party faced ...

The Bermuda Government’s online portal has cost $600,000 to be updated, Michael Dunkley told MPs today. The Premier said the transfer of most data from the former site is likely to take until the end of the calendar year, partly because different wri...

Independent senator James Jardine drew attention to the lack of financial information on quangos and other government operations during yesterday’s Senate sitting. He spoke as the financial statements of the Consolidated Fund of the Government of Ber...

Jeff Baron made his first speech in the Senate since becoming Minister of National Security, focusing on the weekend’s tragic events. He emphasised to colleagues the “harsh reality” of two families suffering the loss of their sons — 17-year-old Juda...

Michael Dunkley’s travel expenses for a recent trip to the Azores and New York totalled more than $13,000, according to the Bermuda Government. The Premier travelled to the Azores on May 1 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countri...

Amendments aimed at prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of mental illness were roundly supported in the House of Assembly on Friday. Sylvan Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, explained that the primary purpose of the Human ...

A major overhaul of Bermuda’s laws on bribery, corruption and fraud has been unveiled by Attorney-General Trevor Moniz. Mr Moniz told the House of Assembly that new legislation would be introduced to bring the island’s legislative framework governing...

The annual accounts of the Bermuda Government’s consolidated fund have been given an unqualified audit opinion for the third successive year. The announcement was made yesterday by Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, as he formally put the financi...

The Bermuda Government has already spent more than $3 million on school maintenance and repairs, and is expected to spend at least another $3 million in the next fiscal year. Wayne Scott, the Minister of Education, outlined the expenditures yesterda...

Cabinet Minister Sylvan Richards yesterday refused to comment on how he will vote in the same-sex marriage referendum, branding a question posed to him on the topic as “inappropriate”. The Minister of Social Development and Sport was asked by The Roy...