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The government should update details on spending habits so it can better calculate the rate of inflation, a top economist has said. Craig Simmons said that a consumer spending survey had not been conducted since 2013 – and that shopping habits had ch...

A controversial senator tonight quit the Upper House after a court case over $19,000 unpaid rent to an elderly woman. Curtis Richardson resigned after a growing storm of criticism of his position after his former landlady Margaret Harvey gave evidenc...

The Premier was made aware of concerns over a senator’s rent arrears by a senior Civil Servant before he appointed him to the Upper House and made him a junior minister, The Royal Gazette can reveal. E-mails between the Harvey family and Marc Telema...

A Cabinet minister who has been off the job since last September is expected to return to the job, the Premier said. David Burt did not give a date for the return of Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, but signalled that the mi...

The Progressive Labour Party yesterday congratulated the Barbados Labour Party for its second “clean sweep” victory in a row in this week’s General Election. The party singled out Mia Mottley, the country’s Prime Minister and the BLP leader, for help...

A rethink of Bermuda’s pandemic precautions is to be announced in the House of Assembly early next month, the Premier revealed yesterday. David Burt said in an interview with TNN that the changes, to be announced on February 4, would come into force...

Resignation may be the “best option” for a controversial senator and junior minister after a court heard he had failed to pay $19,000 in rent arrears to his elderly former landlady, the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. Cole Simons said: “Wh...

Bermuda could have two casinos up and running by the end of the year, it has emerged. Jean Major, the gambling watchdog, said the Hamilton Princess Hotel was now in the third and final stage of its bid to seek approval to launch a casino. Mr Major wo...

A former sergeant major who raised thousands of dollars for charity with an annual 24-hour walkathon is suing former Opposition deputy leader Leah Scott for defamation. Marilyn Steede alleges in the civil suit filed in the Supreme Court that Ms Scott...

The Opposition leader called on the Premier to “get focused” after a string of incidents that he said left residents feeling hopeless. Cole Simons insisted that his One Bermuda Alliance would help to provide the island with first-rate leadership. Amo...