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A court ruling promising same-sex partners of Bermudians the same rights to reside and work as spouses of Bermudians has garnered international attention. Cayman premier Alden McLaughlin told The Cayman Reporter on Monday that the ruling had bolstere...

A chef has been awarded more than $50,000 in damages after slipping on a ramp that breached building regulations. Beverley Allen was awarded just over $55,000 as a result of the fall in November 2012 after taking her employer, Gold Coast Company Ltd,...

Legislation paving the way for a new marina to be built in St George’s will be tabled in the new year, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister for the Municipalities. The announcement was officially made at the weekend as Sen Fahy turned on the Chris...

I’m a gay Bermudian who has lived away from my homeland since 2005 when I graduated from college. This is in large part because the laws of Bermuda did not allow me to return without having to leave my long-term partner thousands of miles away. As su...

Dear Sir, But it could be simple to help with marijuana change, Mr Pettingill. It could be dealt with in the same way the offence of wandering abroad was dealt with a few years back. The police simply did not arrest homeless people any more, and afte...

A reminder has been issued by the Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport regarding changes to the laws on tinting on car windows. The amendments came into effect on November 6, allowing slightly darker tints. It follows a 2014 policy introduce...

The Bermuda Government would lose support from potential voters if it spearheaded legalising same-sex marriage, according to a new poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette. In the Global Research survey, carried out this month, 28 per cent of registere...

Dear Sir, Forget all the recent toing and froing over the Ombudsman. I know a little something about this subject and the only germane question in the controversy is whether the Ombudsman “overreached” her authority in conducting an investigation in...

Michael Dunkley is to meet with Bermuda Ombudsman Victoria Pearman in the “near future” to discuss concerns expressed over “dismissive language” used by Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, towards her office. It comes after letters sent in Au...

Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, has issued a statement maintaining that Victoria Pearman, the Bermuda Ombudsman, was in error when a report cited maladministration on his ministry’s behalf. Senator Fahy spoke after his dismissal of the re...

Mark Pettingill would strongly oppose giving the parents of victims of sexual offences the right to waive the anonymity of their children. The One Bermuda Alliance MP spoke out after Sheelagh Cooper, founder of the Coalition for the Protection of Ch...

Dear Sir, I’m puzzled by the outpouring of support there has been for Jason Hayward, and the requests for money to help to pay his legal bills. You would think he was a martyr being unfairly punished for making an innocent remark. That, of course, ...