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New environment minister Cole Simons said he was honoured to be named a Cabinet minister and is looking forward to hitting the ground running. “It’s something that was unexpected, but the Premier had the faith in me,” Mr Simons said. “I was Shadow M...

Former home affairs minister Michael Fahy told The Royal Gazette he took no relief in handing over responsibility for immigration, once described as the “third rail” of Bermudian politics. “I say that obviously with some sense of regret, in that we w...

Senator Jeff Baron, Sylvan Richards and Cole Simons have been added to the One Bermuda Alliance Cabinet as part of a major shake-up. Senator Michael Fahy, who received intense criticism during the Pathways to Status protests this year, has handed ove...

The fresh deck of ministers in the new One Bermuda Alliance Cabinet includes a promotion for Jeff Baron and a new portfolio for Patricia Gordon-Pamplin. Meanwhile, Kenneth Bascome, now Junior Minister for Tourism, said he looked forward to following ...

Bermuda Government whip Cole Simons and Junior Minister for Home Affairs Sylvan Richards have been touted as possible newcomers to the Cabinet. A source close to the One Bermuda Alliance told this newspaper that Mr Simons could take on immigration, ...

Grant Gibbons has been appointed acting Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, in the wake of Shawn Crockwell’s resignation last night. Michael Dunkley, the Premier, announced the appointment this morning in a statement that said Dr Gibbons w...

Tensions spiked in a day of largely peaceful protests when protesters, some of them angrily demanding to see the Premier, poured into the Cabinet Office and had to be removed by police. Officers responded swiftly when demonstrators followed Michael D...

Retired Cabinet ministers are set to have their pension pots restored, after a resolution proposed by the Premier passed at the House of Assembly. Michael Dunkley explained on Wednesday night that ministers’ salaries were reduced by 10 per cent in Ma...

Six government websites have been taken down temporarily, the Cabinet Office has announced. The following websites are inaccessible for the time being: www.dci.gov.bm, www.ecab.gov.bm, www.emo.gov.bm, www.bdapsychcouncil.gov.bm, www.ltro.gov.bm and w...

Former minister Quinton Edness is calling on the Cabinet to launch an immediate investigation into the most recent findings of the Auditor-General. Mr Edness said scrutiny of the “litany of non-compliance with financial instructions (FIs) and related...

The Minister of Economic Development’s trip to the America’s Cup World Series event in Sweden cost almost $4,000. Grant Gibbons, who has Cabinet responsibility for Bermuda’s America’s Cup preparations, travelled to Gothenburg for the event, which too...

Jubilant Cup Match champions Somerset were welcomed to the Cabinet building by Premier Michael Dunkley on Saturday as part of a motorcade that took them from Somerset Cricket Club to St George’s and back. Led by captain Jekon Edness, the team were w...