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Social justice and the health of Bermudians are two of the key priorities in Ianthia Simmons-Wade’s General Election campaign. Ms Simmons-Wade, appointed a government senator last December, is running in Warwick North East against the One Bermuda All...

The former head of a child protection charity turned political hopeful has appealed to voters to consider the number of candidates standing against the Progressive Labour Party in this week’s General Election. Jon Brunson, who is to contest a Warwick...

The Opposition has accused Cabinet ministers of misusing public funds to post political advertisements on social media before the General Election. Trevor Moniz, the former Attorney-General who stepped down as an MP this month and is now acting chair...

David Burt has given himself responsibility for getting casinos up and running in Bermuda — and reiterated that only cashless gambling will be allowed in them. The Premier announced as part of a Cabinet reshuffle yesterday that “consistent with my re...

MPs clashed in the House of Assembly over the hiring of a defence lawyer to run the Government’s Legal Aid office. Opposition backbencher Trevor Moniz questioned whether Charles Richardson — who he described as one of the island’s “leading and very g...

The Government has cut funding for a controversial programme which sends vulnerable Bermudian children to overseas institutions. The Department of Child and Family Services will get almost $1.6 million to spend on its psychoeducational programme in t...

Parliamentarians who sit on a committee investigating how protesters came to be pepper sprayed by police in December 2016 have failed to explain why they have held all of their meetings in secret. The Joint Select Committee has held 40 meetings, none...

Children’s rights campaigners urged the Government yesterday not to push on with a proposed legal change that they claimed would erode the right of vulnerable youngsters to independent legal representation in court. Katie Richards, a family law exper...

The Government will unveil a “college promise” programme in its second Throne Speech this morning. An excerpt from the speech, released last night, revealed the merit-based programme would offer Bermuda College scholarships to public-school students ...

The former social development minister rejected a claim yesterday that he was fired from Cabinet for his handling of an inquiry into allegations that children in care were mistreated. Sources claimed Michael Weeks was ousted because he insisted that ...