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Bermuda’s politicians are, rightly, being upbraided in some quarters for elevating magical thinking to the status of guiding philosophical principle. Wishing something to happen and actually making it happen are very different things. One involves w...

Finance Minister Bob Richards has reiterated his case for the need to draw investment into Bermuda, responding to a suggestion by economist Craig Simmons that the strategy was skewed and over-reliant on overseas capital. In The Royal Gazette yesterda...

The Prison Officers Association has become the latest group to throw its support behind Jason Hayward, who is being sued by Government. Mr Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Service Union, has become the subject of a government-funded defam...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers has joined the number of unions speaking out against a Bermuda Government lawsuit against Jason Hayward. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, formally launched a defamation lawsuit — to be paid for by the Government — ...

Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, yesterday signed interim agreements with the Canadian Commercial Corporation for the redevelopment of LF Wade International Airport. While the minister said the contracts did not guarantee the controversial proj...

News that the Bermuda Government would foot the bill for a defamation action taken by Bob Richards has been greeted with raised eyebrows by Progressive Labour Party MP Derrick Burgess. Mr Richards, the Minister of Finance, told Parliament yesterday t...

Dear Sir, This letter is addressed to the Finance Minister, Bob Richards. I don’t want to hear you moan and groan again in the press about being $2.5 billion in debt as a government, or not being able to balance the budget. You have failed to make...

The terms of the British Government’s entrustment letter concerning the controversial airport deal have been unveiled by Government House. The Bermuda Government must agree with 10 Downing Street on deficiencies identified by Deloitte, the letter sta...

Shadow Transport Minister Lawrence Scott aired concern over the security of Bermudian jobs after further progress was announced on the controversial deal for a new airport terminal. Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday said that an entrustment let...

With gross national debt at $2.185 billion and facing another year with a budget deficit, the Bermuda Government is to execute a $200 million loan facility agreement with Butterfield Bank. Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, made the announcement ...

The Bermuda Government has paid out a total of $15.8 million to lawyers in the last two fiscal years. The figures were revealed by Finance Minister Bob Richards, in response to questions from Progressive Labour Party Member of Parliament Derrick Burg...

Finance Minister Bob Richards has met members of the European Union to address the Island’s inclusion in a tax-dodging “blacklist”. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Richards said he had talks with representatives of the Organisation fo...