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Dear Sir, Here is my tuppence worth relating to some of the current topics. Re government ministers falling asleep during debates: for quite some time I recorded House of Assembly debates before they were carried on the radio, and I can tell you, Mr...

Dear Sir, Your readers may be interested to know that the 2001 Government of Bermuda Code of Conduct and Conditions of Employment document proudly proclaims this mission statement: The following core values underpin the way in which the Government of...

The Governor is to research the case of a crusading churchman jailed more than 100 years ago in an “historic injustice”. John Rankin was asked to pardon the Reverend Charles Vinton Monk by David Burt, the Premier. The African Methodist Episcopal Chur...

A British career diplomat was sworn in yesterday as the island’s second woman Deputy Governor. Alison Crocket takes over from Ginny Ferson, who is moving on to a Foreign Office post in Indonesia. Ms Crocket is delighted to be given the chance to work...

A team of 37 students has begun summer employment within the various sections of the Ministry of Public Works. The high school and college students were recruited through the Government’s summer employment programme, a joint effort by the Department ...

Senior civil servants will be able to sit on Government’s Internal Audit Committee after an amendment Act was approved by the Senate. The Bill amends the Internal Audit Act 2010 to allow for a Permanent Secretary to serve on the committee. Any appo...

The Governor will present the trophy at Cup Match this year — despite a controversial call for him not to by a government minister. John Rankin confirmed last night after he had received an invitation from the Somerset Cricket Club to hand over the c...

Deputy Governor Ginny Ferson yesterday backed same-sex marriage in Bermuda “before too long”. Ms Ferson added that the island’s showdown on the issue helped her see perspectives she disagreed with. She admitted that the subject of same-sex marriage c...

The Deputy Speaker of the House has appealed to the Governor to help a government employee who he said was sacked after her friend was charged with a drugs offence. Derrick Burgess told MPs during Friday’s Motion to Adjourn that the employee was not ...

Nearly $25,000 of travel expenses racked up by David Burt, the Premier, have now been published on the Government’s dedicated webpage. Costs for ten foreign trips he made were added to the site after The Royal Gazette revealed ministers had been fail...

A longstanding dispute between Government and the Corporation of Hamilton over the city’s fire station has come to an end. The municipality agreed to write off $4.55 million in rental income owed in exchange for Government writing off $6.27 million o...

The Governor yesterday said he would follow the wishes of Somerset Cricket Club over the presentation of the Cup Match trophy. John Rankin spoke after Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, told the House of Assembly on Friday tha...