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Governor George Fergusson (pictured) has garnered international attention after documents revealed discussions about a “bizarre idea” to relocate millions of Hong Kong residents in Northern Ireland. A story in yesterday’s edition of The Guardian deta...

July 1, 2015 Dear Mr Editor, I looked up the word “farce” in the dictionary because I was shocked to read in yesterday’s edition of The Royal Gazette that Minister Fahy referred to the Ombudsman’s findings in relation to an immigration complaint ...

Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy was denounced at length by the Progressive Labour Party as thwarting a Bermudian worker from getting a job, as rancor continued over the Ombudsman’s criticism of the Department of Immigration. Deputy Opposition Lead...

Our House of Parliament, which is supposed to be the centre of legislative power in handling the island’s affairs, has in recent times, been sliding into highly questionable behavioural standards that for many observers is disturbing. Instead of the ...

The One Bermuda Alliance, as predicted, brought privatisation to the forefront post-election, with the formation of the SAGE Commission. One of the main directives of the SAGE Commission was to identify activities that can be privatised. Privat...

Chairman for the Human Rights Commission Mike Hanson has welcomed the change in legislation allowing same-sex marriages in the US. Last Friday the Supreme Court ruled that individual states cannot deny gay couples the same marriage rights as heterose...

Nothing quite like being between a rock and a hard place, Mr Editor. It is no fun and you can’t bail. It’s very much like that in politics. There are two big issues that are looming that are not going to go away: • The decriminalisation or, maybe eve...

Corporation of Hamilton programmes could be restricted due to the grim financial situation left behind by the previous administration, according to Hamilton Mayor Charles Gosling. While the Mayor said the corporation is still “looking under the hood”...

The Bermuda Government has paid out a total of $15.8 million to lawyers in the last two fiscal years. The figures were revealed by Finance Minister Bob Richards, in response to questions from Progressive Labour Party Member of Parliament Derrick Burg...

Former Premier Alex Scott believes that the motion to censure House of Assembly Speaker Randy Horton is already doing a tactical job “just by sitting there”. Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean told The Royal Gazette this week that he was purpo...

Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy defended his criticism of a recent Ombudsman’s report after coming under fire in the Senate. Speaking during the motion to adjourn, Opposition Senate Leader Diallo Rabain called Sen Fahy’s statement on the subject “...

One of the hallmarks of good governance is legislative change that betters the lives of people, whether through improvements to economic wellbeing, improvements to security or improvements to the application of justice. Our criminal justice system i...