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The private jet used to transport the Premier and two of his Ministers to a Washington DC meeting had been here three times before the now infamous trip, The Royal Gazette can confirm. And it would have cost more than $40,000 to charter. The Gulfstre...

Lessons have been learned from the “Jetgate” affair, and the public will be made fully aware when Ministers travel in future, said Premier Craig Cannonier. But with the Premier insisting that no code of conduct had been breached, it is unclear wheth...

Friday’s “jetgate” debate was dominated by the Opposition Progressive Labour Party which contended that Government had breached the Ministerial Code of Conduct when three Ministers, including the Premier, allowed themselves to be flown by private jet...

Independent MP Terry Lister decried Government’s defence in the “jetgate” affair saying the saga represented a disturbing “pattern of behaviour”. Speaking during the Motion to Adjourn, Mr Lister said that “Government members did not act in the correc...

Opposition Leader Marc Bean has challenged three Government ministers to admit they were ‘wrong’ to take a two-night trip on a private jet to Washington DC, paid for by potential foreign investors in Bermuda. The opposition Progressive Labour Party (...

Cabinet was not informed of the private jet trip to Washington DC to meet with an investment group, The Royal Gazette has learned. We asked four Cabinet Ministers whether they had known that Premier Craig Cannonier, Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell ...

Opposition MPs lambasted Government for what they dubbed “Jetgate” — the decision by three Cabinet Ministers to allow themselves to be flown on a private jet to a meeting in Washington, DC, by a group of investors. The PLP charged that the Ministers ...

Two Bermuda hotels have earned 2013 TripAdvisor awards for being highly rated by travellers. Grotto Bay Beach Resort said yesterday it had received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. And once again, Royal Palms has also been awarded a Cer...

Premier Craig Cannonier has once again defended his decision to accept an offer to fly to a meeting with potential investors on a private jet. “If a group of investors choose to spend their money to fly us in to meet them, that is their decision — no...

Last week, whilst everyone else was celebrating the maiden voyage of the new cruise ship, I was sadly realising how far our tourism product has fallen. Listening to the news on that inaugural voyage morning, I realised that this cruise ship has a wat...