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Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has rejected a claim by developer Michael MacLean that a mistake was made in the new law governing the municipalities. And, he says, Government is willing to hold talks with the parties involved in the City hotel pr...

St George’s Mayor Garth Rothwell yesterday expressed some concern that the recently passed Municipalities Amendment Bill would introduce a new layer of bureaocracy. However he welcomed new and proposed financial allocations intended to help the Corpo...

City business owners welcomed changes to the law that hitherto excluded ratepayers from having a vote in the Island’s municipalities. Former Premier and Hamilton businessman Sir John Swan hailed the Municipalities Amendment Bill as “a major step that...

Sweeping reforms to Bermuda’s two municipalities were approved by MPs last night after a passionate debate in the House of Assembly. Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley steered the Municipalities Amendment Bill 2013 through Parliament, but Governm...

A reform package being proposed by Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy would hand Government strong powers over the municipalities. Both corporations would have to seek ministerial approval for any land leases exceeding 21 years, which would then need...

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...