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Updates to Public Access to Information Act have gone before Parliament. It includes a cutting down of the response time for public authorities to give information. Michael Dunkley told MPs there had been 75 Pati requests so far: 15 have been directe...

The Progressive Labour Party has dismissed reports that Marc Bean’s position was challenged at Thursday night’s caucus meeting. A statement from the party, released yesterday, said: “The report running in the media that the Progressive Labour Party l...

Head of the Civil Service Derrick Binns stressed that decision-making lies in the hands of ministers as he spoke out on the controversial failure to follow financial instructions. Auditor-General Heather Jacobs Matthews has heavily criticised the Ber...

Parliament will soon debate a motion to look into “serious allegations of extortion and bribery made against sitting ministers of the Government”. The motion was brought by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert in an earlier session of the House of Assembly. R...

Bermuda’s success as a financial services jurisdiction has been boosted by the Solvency II equivalence for the local insurance market. The Solvency II directive introduces “a modernised risk-based regulatory regime for insurance and reinsurance under...

Bermuda’s business community is not an oligarchy, Minister of Home Affairs Michael Fahy told the Senate, defending the Government’s efforts to restore business confidence in the Island. However, the Opposition senators maintained that life has not i...

Marc Bean has accused finance minister Bob Richards of misleading the public with his claim that financial instructions were waived for the airport redevelopment deal. Mr Richards released a memo last week showing that Accountant-General Curtis Stove...

Bermuda taxpayers who are suffering from financial problems should spend a few hours reading the 305 pages of the Auditor-General’s report on the consolidated fund of the Government of Bermuda for the financial years 2010 to 2012, together with earli...

Recently third-quarter visitors arrival figures were announced via the Bermuda Tourism Authority. These figures showed that, year-on-year, our air arrivals had dropped. “Leisure air arrivals are flat when compared to 2014, down 0.80 per cent [939 vis...

The Auditor-General’s recently released report on the consolidated fund of the Government of Bermuda for the financial years of 2010, 2011 and 2012 should be required reading for every Bermudian. The report goes behind the curtain, revealing the mind...

There is a universal code of good leadership that has a mix of resolve, empathy, discretion, education and inspiration that generates confidence, trust and admiration. Good leadership is not status, prestige, privilege or money. It’s responsibility a...

Government MP Mark Pettingill claimed yesterday that David Burt should “probably” resign as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee or at least remove himself from any hearings about the latest Auditor-General’s report. Mr Pettingill said Mr Burt’s...