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Drug addicts and alcoholics will receive “efficient and cost-effective” care over the coming 12 months, the Bermuda Government promised in its Throne Speech yesterday. However, the pledge was met with a mixed response from the heads of several Bermud...

What was left out of the Throne Speech could be “more deafening than what got in” according to equal rights campaigner Tony Brannon. He was referring to the lack of discussion on same-sex marriage during yesterday’s speech read by Governor George Fe...

Business partnership laws are to be revamped to make sure Bermuda stays competitive. The Throne Speech explained that the changes would maintain the Island’s position as an offshore business leader. The speech, delivered by Governor George Fergusson ...

Age Concern has called on the Bermuda Government to show that it is in touch with the Island’s social issues as it prepares to deliver its fourth Throne Speech tomorrow. Claudette Fleming, the charity’s director, said that the “tone, intent and relev...

The Bermuda Progressive Labour Party will be hosting an Open Mic Night this Thursday. The event was described by the Opposition party as an “opportunity for the public to ask questions, provide feedback and share ideas with the PLP MPs and senators ...

Parliamentary questions remain in effect, Speaker of the House Randy Horton told The Royal Gazette after an announcement they had been suspended. The questions, which allow Opposition Members of Parliament to scrutinise the workings of government, ar...

On this date in 1978, the British Government intended to push Bermuda towards independence, according to recently declassified documents. A cable sent from the London Embassy to the US Secretary of State and US Consulate, dated October 30, 1978, deta...

While adversarial politics is the inevitable nature of Bermuda’s system of government, developing a code of conduct for MPs is a high priority. The remarks came from Randy Horton, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, as delegates for the area branch...

New decisions by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal are expected to be published online soon, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. Senator Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, had previously said that several decisions would be released las...

Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, has issued a statement maintaining that Victoria Pearman, the Bermuda Ombudsman, was in error when a report cited maladministration on his ministry’s behalf. Senator Fahy spoke after his dismissal of the re...