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Simone Barton has been acclaimed as chairwoman of the One Bermuda Alliance. Mrs Barton, who ran for the OBA in Hamilton West for the 2017 General Election, was confirmed as chairwoman after Nandi Outerbridge withdrew from the election. She said the p...

Women are “more needed than ever” to step up in politics, the island’s first Progressive Labour Party premier said yesterday. Dame Jennifer Smith, who led the PLP to its historic 1998 victory, said: “Women who are there in politics should each pick a...

Payments awarded as compensation to Ewart Brown, the former premier, have been branded “Robin Hood in reverse” by Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Cannonier said yesterday that, instead of helping “wealthy” Dr Brown, the Progressive ...

Former Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden has said she regretted a rift with Nick Kempe, who quit as One Bermuda Alliance chairman after he was axed from a seat in the Senate. Ms Atherden, who resigned as party leader last week after eight of her ten ...

An afternoon of formal tea has been organised as a salute to the women of the Progressive Labour Party. Cindy Swan said the afternoon soirée on September 23, billed as a “mother and daughter sip of tea”, would also celebrate the 20th anniversary of t...

C.V. “Jim” Woolridge was given tribute yesterday in a packed funeral service at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, where dignitaries from across the political spectrum gathered to pay their respects. Mr Woolridge, the former tourism minister and...

C.V. “Jim” Woolridge, one of the leading figures of the former United Bermuda Party and a cricket commentator famed as the “Voice of Summer”, died yesterday at the age of 92. The long-serving former minister of tourism, who was MP for Smith’s South, ...

Four Uighur refugees have been granted citizenship nine years after a secret deal with the United States to give them asylum on the island. The move was welcomed by Ewart Brown, the former premier, who arranged their transfer to Bermuda. The home aff...

A town hall meeting is set for Wednesday to give Hamilton stakeholders their say on the best ways to build up municipal governance. The meeting has been called by the Ministry of Home Affairs, with an invitation to city “residents, property-owners an...

A national disabled games could be held in Bermuda, sports minister Michael Weeks said on Friday. Mr Weeks told the House of Assembly that consultation aimed at helping disabled people get involved in sports should finish next month and that an actio...