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One year after a wall of fire sparked by an industrial accident charred 30 acres of Devonshire Marsh, conditions there remain ripe for another blaze. Spurred on by strong winds, the fire swept the reserve despite a massive effort by the Bermuda Fire ...

The City of Hamilton’s mayor last night signalled a legal battle will be launched to fight a government plan to turn the city into a quango. Charles Gosling revealed that preparations were being made for a writ and he would “talk tactics” with lawyer...

Dear Sir, I attended the meeting called by the Government on Thursday evening to discuss the taking-over of the Corporation of Hamilton. The meeting was well attended. The panel approached the present mayor on two issues, but did not address any of t...

Many years ago, somewhere in or around 1996, the Human Rights Commission, during one of its sensitivity training sessions for the commissioners, employed two highly reputable psychologists to conduct the sessions. During one such session, they asked ...

St George’s residents were told a Government announcement about the introduction of a new bus schedule could come this week. During the meeting, held on Tuesday night to discuss Government’s plan to change the municipalities into quangos, several mem...

A centre for the community could help cut unemployment in a Sandys neighbourhood, activists said yesterday. The White Hill area of the parish has not had a hub since the Somerset Bridge Recreation Club’s clubhouse at White Hill Field was demolished t...

St George’s residents labelled a plan to turn the Olde Towne into a quango as an attack on democracy at a public meeting last night. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told attendees the change would mean a higher priority from the Governmen...

The Mayor of Hamilton is considering staging a public rally to highlight public opposition to government’s proposed municipalities reform. Charles Gosling, who along with Quinell Francis, Mayor of St George’s, has decried the lack of public consulta...

Today marks two weeks since Donna Simmons was woken up by two sharp crashing sounds as a mass of rock toppled behind her family home on St Monica’s Road. Her Pembroke home is still hemmed in at its western boundary by a “landslide” that buried the ut...

A new family entertainment centre with two floors of games and attractions is set to open in St David’s this summer. The Xtreme Sports Fun Zone in the Commercial Park area of Southside, will also feature a café, sports bar and outdoor play area. A sp...

A government minister is being sued for nearly $3 million by a company that claims it is owed money linked to upgrades at Dockyard’s cruise ship berths. Lawyers for SunRise Construction Ltd filed a writ of summons at the Supreme Court against the pub...

“The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power” — John Stuart Mill Michael Fahy Now that we are bang in between the Budget and the Budget Reply we can’t lose sight of the...