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The Progressive Labour Party last night made history -- and ended 30 years of UBP rule with a crushing 26-14 landslide and 54 percent of the national vote. A wave of emotion swamped the UBP's strategy of stressing the economy and the fragility of the...

Today's election has few certainties -- except that Bermuda will have a black woman Premier-designate by the end of the day. The election race is set to be even closer than the 1993 clash, which saw the United Bermuda Party triumph over the Progressi...

Business chiefs last night slammed Shadow Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Alex Scott's claims that Government and Island business was "too close'' to organised crime. And top figures from the business world closed ranks and warned Mr. Scott's...

PLP Environment spokesman Ottiwell Simmons is guilty of double-speak, a former Environment Minister claimed yesterday. And Ann Cartwright DeCouto said that Mr. Simmons had been "a vocal opponent'' of her controversial banning of fishpots several year...

An end to a row over full union rights for hotel managers could be in sight, The Royal Gazette can reveal. For Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Maxwell Burgess is considering a compromise solution for the group -- banned from a new law guarant...

advert featuring dreadlocked PLP candidate Delaey Robinson was revealed. The ad was placed through the ad agency Harris and Mitchell -- but it originated in the offices of Aardvark Communications, where United Bermuda Party supporter Dusty Hind works...

The best deal for Bermuda is the UBP, Home Affairs and Public Safety Minister Maxwell Burgess insisted yesterday. And he said the party was best-placed to keep Bermuda's economy strong and Islanders working. Mr. Burgess said: "There is a lot of noise...

political adverts. And CURE chairman Kenneth Spurling put everyone involved in the election race -- including supporters tempted to freelance from their parties with their own ads -- under heavy manners to avoid "hostility and division.'' Mr. Spurli...

popular support, he said yesterday. And he said he was proud to be seen as a parochial candidate -- but not without national concerns as well. Mr. Bascome -- unfazed at the possibility of a backlash from former party colleagues -- insisted: "I don't ...

front. And she blasted the PLP for fostering "divisiveness'' in Bermuda and looking back instead of forward. Ms Gordon -- addressing the party faithful from St. George's North and South - admitted people did not have everything they wanted and that t...