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The Ministry of Public Works is set to increase its revenue this year by selling government-owned buildings, according to minister Craig Cannonier. During the budget debate yesterday, Mr Cannonier noted that a 30 per cent increase in revenue is expec...

Bermuda is going through a challenging time as it attempts to regain its economic footing in the face of numerous problems affecting the lives of everyone, whether they are for the government of the day, the One Bermuda Alliance, or the Opposition, t...

Breeders and abusers of illegal dogs seem immune to successful prosecution or meaningful penalty, according to a local animal advocacy group. A spokeswoman for Punish the Deed not the Breed said focus instead appears to have been placed on seizing do...

A petition in support of the Bermuda Government’s Pathways to Status plan had gathered almost 2,900 signatures by late yesterday — and its creator said she was “not afraid” to keep campaigning to get the legislation passed. Jen Harvey told The Royal ...

Last Friday evening, former Progressive Labour Party candidate Makai Dickerson felt the need to register his disgust about immigration comments made in the House of Assembly by One Bermuda Alliance minister Trevor Moniz. Taking a page from the Immigr...

The Human Rights Commission has been charged with adopting a narrowing focus on same-sex marriage, during a parliamentary debate on its budget. Marc Bean, the leader of the Opposition, recalled the Bermuda Government’s assurances in the 2013 debate o...

The Progressive Labour Party has queried how the island’s newly registered voters went up 50 per cent more in this fiscal year than the forecast figure — with a target of 2,000 new voters for 2016-17. Marc Bean, the Opposition Leader, declared himsel...

Recommendations from the Sage commission have not fallen by the wayside, according to Michael Dunkley. In a statement this afternoon, the premier said that the results of the report were being used to drive the public service reform initiative, inten...

The House of Assembly last night approved an increase in payroll tax despite vocal opposition. While Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, said the move was a temporary but necessary measure, shadow minister David Burt said it would place an additio...

A motion calling for a joint select committee to be appointed to look at the historic issues surrounding immigration has been withdrawn by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown. The motion, which also called for the committee to report on its inqu...

Janie Brown has lived in Bermuda for 23 years, employs a predominantly Bermudian workforce in her dental practice and has two Bermudian children. And yet, without status, the US native can still be made to feel like a “second-class citizen” in her ad...

The Corporation of Hamilton, left liable for a “misappropriated” $18 million loan for a hotel on Par-la-Ville car park, has come a crucial step closer to refinancing its bad debt. Charles Gosling, Hamilton’s mayor, said his administration had been sa...