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A World Heritage Centre volunteer was declared a new municipal residents’ councillor for the Corporation of St George’s today. David Chew, a construction worker who helped on projects such as the Deliverance tourist attraction, was unopposed for the ...

An extraordinary municipal election to fill a vacant seat at the Corporation of St George’s has been cancelled after a candidate withdrew. MacLaren Smith and David Chew were both expected to be on the ballot tomorrow, but according to a statement fro...

He was an activist with a firebrand streak, but even Walton Brown’s political opponents regarded him as more friend than foe. Members on both sides of the aisle shed a light on the personality behind the politician as they took part in a 3½-hour spec...

Tributes to the late Walton Brown included heartfelt reflections from friends and schoolmates. Michelle Simmons, an independent senator, recalled teaching Mr Brown chemistry at the Berkeley Institute. “Walton struck me as a highly intelligent young m...

Walton Brown was remembered by his colleagues and opponents yesterday as a champion for justice who fought peacefully for the underdog. MPs and senators made a string of tributes to the Progressive Labour Party MP at a joint sitting of the legislatur...

Walton Brown would have been the “guiding hand” and “stabilising force” to help lead Bermuda to independence if he had not died, according to former premier Alex Scott. Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette that Mr Brown, who was chairman of the Committee ...

MPs and senators are paying tribute to Walton Brown today at a joint session of the legislature. Mr Brown, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher and former Cabinet minister, died suddenly on Tuesday, aged 59. The Royal Gazette is providing live cove...

An investigation into Bermuda’s history of “land grabs” has taken a step closer with confirmation from the Government yesterday that a group of people were asked to form a Commission of Inquiry. It came after a social justice advocate said the offici...

An Opposition MP who is part of the bipartisan immigration reform committee has assured residents that the group is doing all it can to “get it right”. Leah Scott, the deputy leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, said members were taking a “measure twi...

Jonathan Bell Tributes were paid yesterday to Walton Brown, a Progressive Labour Party MP who died at 59, with former premier Ewart Brown saying he had lost “a cousin and a political comrade”. Dr Brown added: “Bermuda has lost a visionary who wanted ...