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A former consultant to two Premiers has hit back at House of Assembly claims he gained $450,000 from Government contracts. PLP Human Affairs spokesman Rolfe Commissiong said the cash covered five years for work as a consultant to former Premiers Dr E...

MP Walton Brown has accused Finance Minister Bob Richards of misrepresenting his income from Government contracts. Mr Brown spoke out after Mr Richards said in the House of Assembly that Mr Brown had benefited from a $770,000 contract — a statement h...

A probe into a $300,000 donation to the 2012 One Bermuda Alliance election campaign is still underway — four weeks after it was suggested the party would make a statement before the end of May. “The investigation is still active and ongoing,” said OB...

Online links to the audio records of Parliament remained out of service yesterday — and there was no explanation forthcoming as to what befell them. Friday afternoon’s session, in which MPs debated mandatory drug testing for members of the legislatur...

Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean has been accused of “hiding behind parliamentary privilege and lying about people” by Independent MP Terry Lister. The two men traded veiled barbs during an often boisterous debate in the House on random drug...

Holders of public office are set to be subject to random drug tests with a “three strikes” policy for legislators who test positive for cannabis and suspension for those who test positive for hard drugs. The motion, moved by Independent MP Terry List...

A lease and bridge loan to aid the creation of a hotel on the Par-la-Ville Park site has been approved by the House of Assembly. However, Government came under fire during the debate for allegations made by the developer involved in the project, Mich...

Former Premier Ewart Brown and former Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess should not have used public funds to pursue their lawsuit, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found. However, acknowledging the “unusual circumstances of the case”, the ...

A plan to refurbish or sell off Government-owned properties that are empty will provide value for money for taxpayers, it has been claimed. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin revealed that Gover...

A Government MP should not be sitting in the House, Opposition MP Walton Brown has said. Mr Brown said that — according to legal opinion — One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Jeff Sousa should be disqualified due to a failure to disclose Government cont...