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The island’s first Commission of Inquiry in more than 15 years is due to properly get under way today, but the scope of the investigation has yet to be determined after the Bermuda Government formally objected to the inclusion of its controversial ai...

Dear Sir, One has to smile at the childish and expensive antics of our politicians when a foreign trip is dangled before them. I am, of course, referring to the trip to Rio de Janeiro by sports minister Sylvan Richards and his permanent secretary, Wa...

Dear Sir, When all the national sports governing bodies are having their funding cut by the Government, why are expensive business-class airfares being incurred by the sports minister and his permanent secretary? “Eleventh hour” booking? Did the Inte...

Sports minister Sylvan Richards and his permanent secretary Wayne Carey flew business-class to Brazil to attend last month’s Olympic Games, a spokeswoman has said. The Royal Gazette contacted the Ministry of Social Development and Sports after deta...

Independence from Britain might be feasible, should the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union jeopardise Bermuda’s business interests, said finance minister Bob Richards. “We still don’t know which way is up,” Mr Richards cautioned of Brexit — the ...

Cabinet is looking at a range of options put forward by a government steering committee to establish a secure forensic psychiatric unit in Bermuda. Senator Jeff Baron revealed that the committee had been tasked with devising a business case for both ...

The communities and individuals affected by gang and gun crime in Bermuda can play a vital role in helping to tackle the problem, according to senator Jeff Baron. The Minister for National Security told The Royal Gazette that enforcement agencies ha...

A cherished book lifted from the rubble of the late Ann Cartwright DeCouto’s office was among the tributes shared at a Supreme Court special sitting held for her. The veteran lawyer’s chambers at 79 Front Street was among the offices consumed in the ...

Public works minister Craig Cannonier is investigating how emergency housing tenants racked up rent arrears over “a massive amount of time”. Mr Cannonier also expressed concern at the late hour he was informed more than 20 families were due to be evi...

Overseas engineers are on the island assessing the potential risk of falling rocks in road cuts and cliffs round the island. The work is being conducted under the Ministry of Public Works after a large chunk of limestone from the wall crashed on to t...

Washington speaker Ayo Kimathi, has launched a legal challenge against a decision by the Bermuda Government that put him on the stop list. His lawyer Eugene Johnston of J2 Chambers successfully applied to the Supreme Court for Mr Kimathi’s case to be...

Tenants due to be evicted today by the Bermuda Housing Corporation for unpaid rent have been given a last-minute reprieve. Locks were due to be changed today at the Gulfstream transitional living complex for residents owing at least $10,000 each for ...