Log In

The violence of December 2, 2016 is the sole reason the day’s protests endure in memory, according to a Progressive Labour Party MP. Christopher Famous was a PLP organiser when he joined demonstrators outside the House of Assembly on the morning that...

The single protester who refused to accept a confidential government payout to people pepper sprayed outside Parliament five years ago today still wants his day in court. Craig Looby insists police used excessive force during a clash with demonstrato...

As he watched from the balcony of the House of Assembly, Sylvan Richards knew that what he was witnessing marked the end of the OBA as a government. Mr Richards, who made it into the House just ahead of protesters blockading the gates, said he knew “...

Politics played a role in the Progressive Labour Party’s targeting of the One Bermuda Alliance’s airport development – but former MP Michael Scott insisted the project was foremost “an inherently bad deal for the country”. The former PLP Attorney-Gen...

Politics irrevocably tainted a review of the events of December 2, 2016 – such that two One Bermuda Alliance senators involved saw no point in attempting a report of their own. “At some, what are you going to gain?” asked Ben Smith, who with Marcus J...

Claims the Government would have cut the same controversial airport redevelopment deal it attacked the One Bermuda Alliance for signing were dismissed by the Premier. David Burt spoke out after the Reverend Nicholas Tweed, a pastor and leading membe...

The House of Assembly has approved a fee rate for permission to live in Bermuda under an economic investment certificate. A fee of $2,625 was approved for the granting of ministerial permission to live on the island – the same price as a residential ...

Legislation to modernise the Bermuda National Trust was passed by MPs today with support from both sides of the House of Assembly. Diallo Rabain, the education minister, launched the debate on the Bermuda National Trust Amendment Act. He said the BNT...

The Government had “no intention” of tailoring its proposal to licence cannabis production to fit with the UK’s conventions that allows use of the drug for medicinal purposes only. David Burt, the Premier, underlined that legislation of cannabis in B...

The need to tackle climate change was a priority in a group statement that closed the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council meetings in the UK. The British government welcomed the territories’ desire to be covered by the Paris Agreement, de...