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The abrupt shutdown of Parliament due to a lack of MPs in attendance last week has exposed a clash of tactics within the One Bermuda Alliance. Cole Simons, the party leader, said it would have been better if all three available OBA MPs were in the Ho...

A new chief executive of the Bermuda Gaming Commission has been announced. Charmaine Smith, a Bermudian, takes over the role from Canadian Jean Major. Mrs Smith, who was chief regulatory officer with the commission, said: “We have an excellent team o...

The newly appointed Government whip has claimed the farcical ending to the House of Assembly on Friday was due to a “PR stunt” by One Bermuda Alliance. However the Opposition hit back, insisting the “arrogant” Government was not present in “grown-up ...

Bermuda suffers a “democratic deficiency” under the current constitutional set up, a new study into self-governance states. The report, commissioned by the Government at a cost of $50,000, finds that the UK is not doing enough to work with the island...

A meeting of the House of Assembly ended in farce on Friday as not enough MPs returned to the chamber after lunch for the legislative session to continue. Dennis Lister, the Speaker, made repeated appeals for MPs to resume their seats so that the ba...

A wing of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital was lit up in green Friday to send out a signal promoting mental health wellbeing during the upcoming festive season. Health officials said the move was aimed at making people “joyous and celebratory” ...

People worried about a proposed medical waste facility in St David’s confronted the chief executive of the Bermuda Land Development Company over their concerns at a public meeting last night. Andrew Dias took questions at a protest gathering where s...

Bermuda could be more “forceful” in its stand-off with Britain over the legalisation of cannabis as the international enforcement of current laws is “tainted by racism”, a leading academic has stated. Professor William Bogart, who has written extens...

Bermuda recorded another Covid-related death on the day emergency powers imposed to deal with pandemic were officially lifted. The latest fatality brings the death toll from the disease to 152. This follows the island recording two coronavirus-relat...

Passengers have been asked to give their opinion on how the introduction of 30 electric buses is working out. Wayne Furbert, the Minister of Transport, said that $50,000 had been saved in fuel costs since the vehicles began operating on the island in...