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Britain may be on the verge of an unprecedented experiment in public accountability. The courts may soon be invited to consider the following question: should government officials face prosecution if the actions they took to support the financial sys...

Awards of radio spectrum will help to enable 4G mobile services in the Great Sound area in time for next year’s America’s Cup. The Regulatory Authority last night announced it had given both CellOne and Digicel bandwidth for the introduction of 4G su...

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd reported earnings in line with analysts’ estimates as it overcame $24.9 million in catastrophe losses. The Bermuda insurer and reinsurer posted operating income after tax of $69.3 million in the third quarter, or 97 cents...

XL Group beat analysts’ expectations as the global business insurer posted third-quarter operating income of $122.5 million. The Bermuda company saw catastrophe losses more than triple to $97.4 million, but still managed to generate earnings per shar...

Police are to begin recording instances of hate crimes perpetrated against members of the island’s LGBT community, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Bermuda Police Service’s quarterly and annual crime statistics do not include information about crime...

Perhaps more disappointing than the scenes that tarnished the memory of a competitive and well-played game of football on Sunday is the refusal of the victims to co-operate with law enforcement. That abdication of duty and responsibility is at the ve...

Consignment store Orange Bay Company will tonight throw a party to celebrate the opening of its children’s department — with an emphasis on giving. For Orange Bay has teamed up with Bermuda’s Feed My Lambs Ministry, which helps orphans in Haiti, whic...

The late civil rights activist and labour leader E.F. Gordon is set to be honoured this week by the Roman Catholic Church of Bermuda. Dr Gordon will posthumously receive the Peace and Social Justice award in a ceremony tomorrow at St Theresa’s Church...

Reinsurance firm PartnerRe yesterday unveiled operating earnings of $185 million for the third quarter of the year. That compares to a figure of $211.6 million for the same quarter of 2015. Net income for the quarter totalled $240.3 million — an annu...

A new lower rate for energy bought from solar power users will take effect from the start of next year. The new feed-in tariff of 17.36 cents per kilowatt hour — about half the previous rate — will start next January. But Grant Gibbons, Minister for ...

Businesses in struggling St George yesterday welcomed news that the Olde Towne will next year play host to 16 cruise ships. And they said that the callers — up from the four ships that visited the port this year — would bring a boost to the local eco...

You may or may not be familiar with April Branco’s art but either way, she’s making a name for herself in Bermuda. The 30-year-old turned her passion into a profession six years ago. She doesn’t always use traditional methods to showcase her art: her...