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Passing the Budget is the single most important act carried out by Bermuda’s Parliament in any given year. Pedants will point out that the Budget itself does not get passed and has no legal standing. There is a speech called a Budget Statement, which...

Last Friday night, with little debate, the most ambitious changes to Bermuda’s education system in decades sailed through the House of Assembly. Perhaps that is the price when the governing party has a massive majority. It may also have something to ...

Today, The Royal Gazette embarks on a series examining some of the most far-reaching set of education changes in half a century. Overall, the reforms envisioned by the Ministry of Education propose to revamp the system for every child from the age of...

In the Westminster system, Budgets have traditionally been shrouded in mystery. There’s good reason for this: leaks of tax increases or policy changes would lead to hoarding, profiteering or abuse. In the 1930s, a British Cabinet minister was forced ...

On Friday, the House of Assembly passed the most far-reaching drug-liberalisation laws Bermuda has seen in decades. The Cannabis Licensing Act was passed without a vote, meaning constituents have no idea whether their Member of Parliament was for or...

The year 2020 is one that we would love to forget. But we can’t. It and its after-effects will linger well into this new year and beyond for all the pain and suffering it has caused — and will continue to cause. However, out of some of the gloomiest ...

The obituaries are being written for 2020. The common theme is good riddance and bring on 2021. This has indeed been one of the most difficult years in living memory. Only people who are in their mid-eighties or older will recall 1940, when the futur...

In July 2017, the Progressive Labour Party released its General Election platform. In it, it pledged to “reform public education by phasing out middle schools and introducing signature schools at the secondary level, which focus on the learning style...

David Burt, the Premier, was entitled to some time off after his massive election victory last week. But soon enough, he needs to get back to work. The first order of business is to appoint a Cabinet, which he has promised by Thursday. Mr Burt is sp...

Viewers of the old yet still startlingly accurate British TV series Yes Minister will know that when the hapless hero, Cabinet minister Jim Hacker, came up with a bold new idea, his civil servant, Sir Humphrey, would quickly damn it with praise in a ...