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The Registrar-General cannot post marriage banns for gay couples because such unions are null and void under Bermuda’s existing laws, a court heard yesterday. Deputy Solicitor-General Shakira Dill-Francois, representing the Bermuda Government in a ci...

Information commissioner Gita Gutierrez has issued her first order compelling a senior civil servant to release a public access to information decision. Ms Gutierrez filed the order at the Supreme Court against the permanent secretary at the Ministry...

National security minister Jeff Baron said yesterday that Bermuda’s recidivism rate was falling and at an “all-time low”, describing it as a measure of the success of prison rehabilitation programmes. The government senator told the Upper Chamber tha...

Senator Jeff Baron has accused new Opposition leader David Burt of giving election “platitudes” which the public won’t buy in his Reply to the Throne Speech. The national security minister questioned how Mr Burt could say people of any sexual orienta...

Michael Dunkley has accused a union leader of “irresponsible” comments about this year’s Throne Speech. The Premier said during a live online question- and-answer session with readers of The Royal Gazette that he did not think Mike Charles, general s...

The information commissioner has ruled that the Ministry of Education failed twice to comply with public access to information legislation when it was asked to release records by The Royal Gazette about a money-raising scheme for public school buildi...

A children’s charity is urging MPs to focus on a raft of initiatives to tackle the root causes of gang violence and improve the lives of the island’s youngest. The Coalition for the Protection of Children yesterday released a 38-point plan, which inc...

A controversial contract with an overseas consultancy, which was approved by Cabinet during Ewart Brown’s tenure as Premier and Minister of Tourism, came under the spotlight yesterday at the Commission of Inquiry. The $1.7 million deal with Atlanta-b...

After growing up on Bermuda’s 21 square miles, Nasir Simmons was ready to try a new environment — and he’s certainly found a way of doing that. Nasir, 16, has embarked on a two-year International Baccalaureate diploma at the Mahindra United World Col...

Environmental health inspectors are carrying out fewer visits to daycare facilities and preschools due to staff shortages, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The officers carry out annual checks to ensure hygienic and safe conditions at each premises befo...