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The OBA’s vision for improving the economy is what attracted lifelong PLP member Vic Ball to join the current Government as senator back in November. Speaking to The Royal Gazette Vic Ball, who was principal purchasing and supply officer for the pre...

Newly appointed Senator Georgia Marshall has pledged to be a “positive force” in Bermuda politics as she prepares to assume her position in the Senate this week. Mrs Marshall was sworn in as part of the One Bermuda Alliance Senate team by Governor Ge...

A trip to the UK by Finance Minister Bob Richards and the Cabinet Secretary to take part in a conference cost almost $20,000, according to the Ministerial travel website. According to the website, Mr Richards and Cabinet Secretary Derrick Binns left ...

Shadow Minister for Transport Lawrence Scott had high praise for this week’s road safety summit and said he would gladly join a task force to be created in the coming weeks to address the Island’s dangerous roads. Mr Scott said he found the calling o...

By Jonathan Bell British Opposition leader and would-be Prime Minister Ed Miliband’s threat to blacklist Bermuda as a tax haven was attributed by Premier Michael Dunkley to pre-election ploys. Speaking at yesterday’s House of Assembly, the Premier st...

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee David Burt expressed concerns about government interference as the committee was set to hear evidence about spending on the 35th America’s Cup. While the committee was scheduled to ask questions of William Fr...

By Jonathan Bell As of last month, there were 2,625 people on Financial Assistance, while there have been 60 confirmed cases of fraud uncovered by two officials. There were 2,462 getting assistance as of January 2014. The number peaked in December, ...

More than 100 security cameras were installed around the Island by the beginning of December under a contract with the firm BAS-Serco, MPs heard in the House of Assembly. The contract calls for 149 cameras — 19 of which have licence plate-reading cap...

Amendments to legislation controlling municipal elections were approved by the House of Assembly last night, despite coming under fire from the Opposition. The Municipalities Amendment Act 2015 lays the groundwork for the hybrid voting system, in whi...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority loaned $180,000 to the entertainment company Whitfield Group to repair the tent at Pier Six, which was damaged by Hurricane Fay last October, with the principal sum due back in 12 months’ time. Tourism Minister Shawn Cro...