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The old police station building in St George’s is neither habitable nor large enough to serve for policing the Olde Towne, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security. While there has been “much discussion around the relocation of th...

New legislation giving the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act priority over the Human Rights Act will be debated in the House of Assembly today. Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, has said the move “will not take away from anyone’s funda...

The Human Rights Commission has been invited to make submissions over controversial amendments to immigration legislation. The HRC and home affairs minister Walton Brown released a joint statement yesterday, in which they said they had held “candid a...

The Bermuda Government has retained 65 overseas legal services at a total cost of $24.5 million since 2013, according to Kathy Simmons, the Attorney-General. Ms Simmons revealed the figure to the Senate yesterday as she outlined plans to boost opport...

Warwick Camp opened its doors to the public this week as part of the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s annual open day. Throughout Saturday, the troops entertained families and continued their efforts to drum up volunteers for next January’s Recruit Camp. Ove...

Canadians like to brag about the shortness of their prime ministerial elections in contrast to the agonisingly long presidential contests of the United States — a bit of self-flattery that is true only in the narrowest sense. According to campaign la...

Dear Sir, I was brought up in the “back of town” on a hill overlooking the Pembroke Dump, in a poor neighbourhood and in a very poor family — like most who lived around me. So I don’t mind being called a “pond dog”, for I have grown up most of my lif...

The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation used just a third of its guarantee capacity to support businesses last year. The Bermuda Government has announced plans to double the corporation’s $1 million of capital — used to guarantee loans for small...

It is not uncommon these days to hear Bermudian politicians on the campaign trail pledge to introduce policy regimes based around “consultation”, “collaboration” and “transparency” if their party is elected to power. Sadly, experience would suggest t...

Bermuda’s information commissioner wants to step up scrutiny of the outsourcing of public services. Gitanjali Guterriez was at the International Conference of Information Commissioners in Manchester, Britain, where a resolution was passed calling for...

Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, said yesterday he hoped that Bermuda passports will be printed on the island again within a year. The UK Government took over responsibility for printing passports for British Overseas Territories Citizens ...

The Minister of Home Affairs has dismissed calls for withdrawing a new Bill giving priority to the Immigration and Protection Act over the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Commission has branded government plans “reckless” and warned that watering ...