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Family in decades-long land battle demand their day in court over property they say was stolen from them

David Burt says the outstanding issues are critical to the full understanding of Bermuda’s history

The Court of Appeal upholds a ruling that the Commission of Inquiry into Historical Land Losses misinterpreted its terms of reference

Bermuda Housing Corporation is told to look again to see if it has more documents about Laughing Waters

A highly praised horticultural training scheme is accepting applications for a new nine-month programme

A hearing into the legality of a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of land grabs will be held in the summer. The hearing was ordered after Raymond Davis, also known as Khalid Wasi, and Myron Piper, asked for a judicial review of the commission i...

The Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses in Bermuda is a noble pursuit, certainly a needed inquiry longed for by many, given the history of irregular property acquisitions in the mid-20th century. One would recall when this motion was firs...

A family yesterday accused a neighbouring landowner of taking a slice of their property – now owned by the Spanish Point Boat Club – at the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses. Brittany Robinson said her great-grandfather, Heman Smith, bo...

The deputy chairman of the Tucker’s Town Historical Society said yesterday residents removed for their land for a tourist development almost a century ago were “hoodwinked” to benefit a wealthy minority. Denny Richardson told the Commission of Inquir...

A descendant of Tucker’s Town residents said yesterday that he felt “not important” when a cemetery was “desecrated” in 2012. Eugene Stovell told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Loss in Bermuda that he was “extremely angry” at the way a ...

The homes of people in St David’s were razed to protect the tourism industry, a Commission of Inquiry was told yesterday. Jean Foggo Simon, a researcher at the St David’s Island Historical Society, said many poor, black Bermudian families lost their ...

Bermuda must strive to strike a balance between progress and preserving our national heritage. This will require a great deal of consultation over various projects that impact our limited space on a small island with demand for growth and development...