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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...

A former minister has said he felt “disappointed“ at the timing of his removal from the Senate by David Burt. The Premier replaced Ernest Peets in the Upper Chamber last Thursday – a move which came shortly after he lost his roles as Minister for You...

People are having to choose between eating and paying bills because the Government has failed the test of hard times, Cole Simons, the Opposition leader has insisted. Giving the One Bermuda Alliance’s response to the Throne Speech yesterday, Mr Simo...

Ernest Peets, the former minister, has departed the Senate as David Burt named a new Progressive Labour Party member of the Upper Chamber. The Premier announced that Leslie Robinson replaced Dr Peets at a swearing-in ceremony at Government House yest...

Constitutional reform will feature strongly in the House of Assembly as a study on how self-government would work is discussed by MPs. The document, commissioned by the Government, was revealed in the Throne Speech, but scant detail of its conte...

Jamahl Simmons, a prominent Progressive Labour Party MP, has strongly defended his mother after she criticised the education minister over sweeping changes to primary schools. The former Cabinet member said he would always put his family ahead of an...

Refunds for people who prepaid the controversial $40 Travel Authorisation fee before it was ended early are getting refunds – but the process will take up to two months. It was announced in the Throne Speech that the TA system would end on November 1...

The bulk of parents of public school pupils have now received a one-off $150 back-to-school payment — two months after term started. They were thanked for their “patience” in waiting to receive the money after the Government apologised for delays in ...