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A detailed explanation of how a yearly cash pot of $350,000 for schools to make improvements such as fixing damaged fencing, anti-microbial carpets, pest eradication, water foundations and fans to keep classrooms cool, has been given to MPs. However,...

The role Berkeley Institute in shaping Bermuda for 104 years was heralded by Premier Alex Scott as he spoke of the closing of the old school building and the gathering of hundreds of former students and teachers this week to mark the occasion. But as...

A United Bermuda Party Senator has joined in the criticism of media coverage of surgeon Dr. Christopher Johnson in the Mid-Ocean News during the past two weeks. The head of the Bermuda Road Safety Council has been front page news in the weekly paper ...

A fully-fledged Independent Bermuda might retain the Queen as Head of State in the manner of 15 countries of the Commonwealth. Maintaining some link with her former colonial master even if it is merely membership of the Commonwealth of Nations of mos...

A check of the Government fund from which pensions are paid out to public sector workers has revealed that it is lagging behind what will be required in future years. Steps have already been taken by Finance Minister Paula Cox to pick up some of the ...

Jailing fathers who fail to pay their child support commitments not only does not solve the problem but actually compounds it, according to United Bermuda Party Deputy Leader Michael Dunkley. That is why he is calling for Government to look at other ...

In the ongoing controversy over proposed salary increases for Ministers and leading politicians, Premier Alex Scott has expressed disappointment at what he views as an attempt to link MPs salaries issue with pay rises for other workers. A warning has...

A debate last week by MPs on the origin of the phrase ?house Negro? and how it was first coined snowballed into a claim that Opposition politicians had expressed doubts about slavery. Making a jump in perception Senator Walter Roban has suggested the...

A single landowner demanding ten times more compensation than is being offered by Government, along with other concessions, is holding up work to make a dangerous South Shore road junction safer. But the landowner has been warned that if no agreement...

What impact a new category of public transport will have on the taxi industry has split Senators on whether it is wise to allow some taxi drivers to become full-time private limousine providers for corporate clients. Even though it is illegal to do s...