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The City of Hamilton has launched a legal suit against Ombudsman Arlene Brock, in the continuing battle over Hamilton’s secretive project for the redevelopment of the city’s waterfront. The application for a judicial review cites the Ombudsman’s “dec...

Bermudian John Holdipp III has been sworn in as the new Common Councillor of the City of Hamilton as a result of the resignation of Troy Symonds. Mr Holdipp was sworn at City Hall after he emerged as the “one person nominated and therefore elected by...

Ombudsman Arlene Brock said today she was giving members of the Corporation of Hamilton longer than usual to respond to “adverse comments” made about them during her ongoing investigation into City Hall governance. Ms Brock said in a statement that h...

New homes for residents of the West End’s dilapidated Albert and Victoria Rows will be open for business in roughly a month’s time. The building of 20 prefabricated units at Victoria Place is about 80 percent complete, according to West End Developme...

St George’s newest common councillor Jamie Sapsford was formally sworn in yesterday during a quiet ceremony in Town Hall. Mr Sapsford, a father-of-two and contract manager for the LF Wade International Airport, said he was proud of his new post and e...

Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge is to meet with union officials today after Corporation councillors allegedly threatened to have an employee sacked because she refused to pay them for attending committee meetings. And The Royal Gazette understands ...

A group of City Hall councillors led by Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge threatened to sack an administrator unless she wrote them out cheques for thousands of dollars in payment for attending Corporation meetings over the past 18 months, it has bee...

Hamilton Corporation officials spent ratepayer funds on tickets to attend last week’s Progressive Labour Party banquet, documents reveal. And the purchase could be in breach of municipality regulations if officials classify it as a donation to a poli...

The Corporation of Hamilton is to mount a legal challenge to recent laws changing the way the municipality operates — and is paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars to retain a top UK law firm for the case. The Municipalities Amendment Act 2013 w...

A municipal by-election to fill the City of Hamilton common councillor position left vacant by the resignation of Troy Symonds will be held in December. Mr Symonds, who was elected last May, tendered his resignation earlier this month. According to a...

Hamilton Deputy Mayor Donal Smith has met with Saudi Arabia’s former economy minister in New York City and discussed ways in which they might strengthen Bermuda’s business and cultural relationship with Saudi Arabia and other financial markets of the...