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Upon his appointment to the role of Public Works Minister, former Premier Craig Cannonier gave the following remarks this afternoon at Government House. “Mr. Premier, thank you for your faith in me and for your support. Beyond my duties as a Member o...

Wayne Scott’s comments upon receiving the role of Education Minister this afternoon are given in full here. “It is with great humility and commitment that I accept this role, which is critical to the future success of our country. “When the Premier d...

Questioning whether the Island had lost 500 jobs last year, the Opposition has challenged Government to release its 2014 Labour Force Survey. David Burt, the Shadow Minister for Finance, suggested that Government had delayed the release of the latest...

Shadow Attorney General Michael Scott has called the reappointment of Rory Field as Director of Public Prosecutions a “slap in the face” to those who believe Bermudians should come first. Mr Scott fiercely attacked Governor George Fergusson over the ...

Michael Dunkley has hailed 2014 as a year of “significant progress” in Bermuda’s quest to put the economy back on track. While conceding that “plenty of work still needed to be done”, the Premier told The Royal Gazette that there was a raft of reason...

The new year should usher in a fresh commitment by Members of Parliament to raise the level of debate in the House of Assembly. The call from Premier Michael Dunkley comes after a series of unsavoury confrontations and raucous verbal altercations ins...

The United Kingdom and Overseas Territories’ political leaders and representatives will meet in February “to agree a way forward on implementation of the G20 principles on beneficial ownership,” according to the 2014 Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) C...

An Opposition Bill granting the Premier the power to appoint a Commission of Inquiry has been passed with bipartisan support in the House of Assembly. Introduced by Walton Brown, the Shadow Minister for Immigration, the amendments were brought in the...

Sandys South PLP MP Jamahl Simmons will be hosting a Constituency Clinic on Saturday. This will be held at the Somers Isle Lodge, Hog Bay Level, from 12pm to 2pm. “During the recent by-election, I pledged to be open, accessible and accountable,” Mr ...

Tough regulations will help to prevent charities from being used by money launderers or those involved in terrorist activity, the House of Assembly has heard. Sylvan Richards, the Junior Minister for Home Affairs, told Parliament that the measures wo...