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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...

Dear Sir, Speaking politically, are we beyond the scope of natural evolution? It probably feels as though we are immune to change and that progress is an elusive dream befitting the companionship of only those who forecast world peace, the end of w...

A “thunderstorm” hangs over the House of Assembly as Opposition leader Marc Bean continues to delay a motion of censure against Speaker of the House Randy Horton. Mr Bean told this newspaper he had every intention of carrying through with the motion...

It was as remarkable and powerful a piece of presidential oratory as many of us have witnessed in our lifetimes, a transcendent moment in a profoundly transformational period in modern history. Barack Obama, coming off a watershed week in his preside...

A community garden on the Southlands property will be ready this Autumn but work must still be done before the site can be named a national park. While the project was described as a step towards the South Shore property becoming a park, Public Works...

Bermuda’s top judge says he is keeping an open mind to the raft of changes to the legal system that were recently put before the House of Assembly by Government. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley told The Royal Gazette the judiciary “broadly supported” the p...

Demolition at a historic Tucker’s Town cemetery, faulted in an Ombudsman’s report last year, cannot be blamed on the Department of Planning or the Bermuda Government, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday. Senator Fahy said the cemetery h...

The Charities Commission is considering “all options to enforce compliance” with regards to defunct charity Youth on the Move and its financial activities. The charity, founded by former Corporation of Hamilton councillor and former Mayoral candidat...

Inquiries into the fate of the dormant Salaries Review Board have gone unanswered, despite MPs continuing to debate the issue each year. The independent board, required by law to review the parliamentarians’ pay every two years, is last known to hav...

Oracle Team USA has officially moved into the recently refurbished Building #9 in Dockyard. The building, which had been badly damaged by hurricanes, now houses the team’s gym, sail loft and offices after months of work by a number of local contracto...

Finance Minister Bob Richards has met members of the European Union to address the Island’s inclusion in a tax-dodging “blacklist”. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Richards said he had talks with representatives of the Organisation fo...