Log In

The City of Hamilton yesterday approved the cost of tearing down a North Street building believed to be used for illegal activity. The decision was made after Government gave its permission to demolish the building at 23 North Street. The $15,000 co...

Government is looking at legislating the City of Hamilton’s Code of Conduct, and reinstating the municipalities’ right to collect wharfage fees, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday. In an update to the Senate on Government’s plans to re...

City of Hamilton councillor Larry Scott has revealed that he took his concerns about governance issues at City Hall to the Ombudsman. Mr Scott says he blew the whistle to the Ombudsman because of a host of troubling issues, including the handling of...

City of Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge has denied claims that City Councillor Larry Scott was denied access to documents on the waterfront redevelopment project. “Councillor Larry Scott has been given the opportunity to review any and all document...

City of Hamilton councillor Larry Scott has come out in support of Government’s moves to review legislation governing the municipalities. In an interview with The Royal Gazette, Mr Scott suggested that documents relating to the City’s waterfront deal...

Government’s proposals to reform the municipalities is a “barely concealed power grab”, according to PLP MP Walton Brown. But Government insists that giving businesses the right to vote in municipal elections will improve the prospects of projects su...

The City of Hamilton could be run as a “quasi-government organisation”, with business owners voting as well as residents. But alterations to the voting scheme, if approved by Parliament, aren’t expected before the next municipal elections in 2015. Ho...

An unpopular plan to raise a tax on awnings and signs that jut over City of Hamilton sidewalks has been scrapped, Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge said. The City last year proposed to tax the structures at $75 each — causing some store owners to wal...

A Government review of Bermuda’s two municipalities has been welcomed by Corporation of Hamilton chief Graeme Outerbridge. Yesterday, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy announced that a review of both Hamilton and St George’s corporations was being c...