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Nandi Outerbridge has landed her first Cabinet position, with Cole Simons replacing Wayne Scott as Minister of Education. In a Cabinet reshuffle announced yesterday afternoon, Ms Outerbridge was sworn in as Minister of Social Development and Sport, t...

Finance minister Bob Richards is delivering the One Bermuda Alliance’s Budget for the fiscal year 2017-18 at the House of Assembly today. Follow The Royal Gazette’s website for live updates. 12.01pm Mr Richards is wrapping up now and in conclusion ...

Government and private sector cash — along with laws — are needed to help provide a “striving society” for Bermudians and avoid a stark future state, a prominent island social worker says. Charities figurehead Elaine Butterfield drew a comparison be...

Three Bills were passed by the Senate in the House of Assembly yesterday. The Companies and Limited Liability Company Amendment Act 2017, the International Co-operation (Tax Information Exchange Agreements) Amendment (No 2) Act 2017, and the Proceed...

A group of 16 Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers have completed a tough four-day course in security and search techniques in the run-up to the America’s Cup. Now the squad will use skills learnt from airport and ports security expert John Pears to train...

Taxpayers may get a hint tomorrow of the potential cost of the Government’s lawsuit against the Lahey Clinic, or at least an idea of how much could be spent on legal fees for it in the next fiscal year. The publication of the Budget book for 2017-18,...

Craig Simmons is calling for the payroll tax cap to be gradually doubled to a “reasonable” $1.5 million. Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s Budget, the Bermuda College economist said the slow rather than sudden increasing of the ceiling should be done over...

The economic phenomenon of the Donald Trump vision for America will certainly provide the screenplay to test the economic theories that have challenged the world for more than a century. The Trump cabinet is an unabashed conservative group of billion...

The sale of some Bermuda Government properties will be debated in the House of Assembly in the present session. According to a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Public Works, the Government is hoping to raise $10 million through the sale of public prop...

Senate leader Renee Ming, who also serves as shadow minister for municipalities, and youth activist Audley Quallo will be the speakers at this year’s PLP 53rd Founders’ Day and Drum Major Awards Luncheon. The event will take part on Sunday, February ...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s efforts to claw back air arrivals for Bermuda have yet to match the high enjoyed under the Progressive Labour Party government, according to Jamahl Simmons, the Shadow Minister of Tourism. It drew a swift response from...

Racism has overtaken crime as one of the biggest issues facing Bermuda, according to a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette. A surge of voters named racism as their top concern in the Global Research survey this month: 16 per cent, up from 7 per ce...