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One Bermuda Alliance MP Mark Pettingill resigned from the governing party yesterday and said he would probably retire from politics at the next General Election. Mr Pettingill, the member for Warwick North East, told reporters he had a long meeting w...

The resignation of MP Mark Pettingill has left the One Bermuda Alliance with a “tenuous” grip on power, sources claimed last night, and could prompt a vote of no confidence in the Government. Mr Pettingill announced yesterday morning that “after a lo...

Michael DeSilva admitted yesterday that the police’s plan for dealing with the December 2 protest “didn’t work” with regard to ensuring Parliament was able to sit. The Commissioner of Police told a press conference the “right contingency” was “perhap...

The Governor is arranging for a senior UK police officer to conduct an independent review of the police response to the December 2 protest. John Rankin added that the officer would also make recommendations wherever improvements could be made, inclu...

Opposition leader David Burt said last night his party had “not advocated for people to impede access to Parliament” on February 3, when the controversial airport deal is again up for debate. Mr Burt was asked by The Royal Gazette if the Progressive ...

Former deputy Premier Derrick Burgess has reiterated to the Commission of Inquiry that he did not know that “friends and family” of his and Ewart Brown had acquired interests in a company awarded a $70 million government contract. Mr Burgess has subm...

The fate of the governing One Bermuda Alliance appeared to hang in the balance this weekend after two MPs mulled leaving the party to become independents after a crackdown on protests outside Parliament. The Royal Gazette understands that OBA members...

An elevator at a government-owned nursing home for seniors has been broken since May leaving residents “stuck” in their rooms, it was alleged in Parliament yesterday. Opposition Senator Renee Ming told the Upper House that the lift was broken at the ...

National security minister Jeff Baron said yesterday that Bermuda’s recidivism rate was falling and at an “all-time low”, describing it as a measure of the success of prison rehabilitation programmes. The government senator told the Upper Chamber tha...

Senator Jeff Baron has accused new Opposition leader David Burt of giving election “platitudes” which the public won’t buy in his Reply to the Throne Speech. The national security minister questioned how Mr Burt could say people of any sexual orienta...